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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 January 2025. French wrestler and actor (1946–1993) For the film, see André the Giant (film). André the Giant André in 1989 Birth name André René Roussimoff Born (1946-05-19) 19 May 1946 Coulommiers, France Died 28 January 1993 (1993-01-28) (aged 46) Paris, France Children 1 Professional ...
André the Giant was released on HBO on April 10, 2018. [5] The film was executively produced by Janine Marmot and Bill Simmons, who had been interested in creating a documentary on André previously. [6] The documentary was slated as focusing on his "upbringing in France, his celebrated career in WWE and his forays in the entertainment world ...
André the Giant was a French professional wrestler.He was best known for his time in the American professional wrestling promotion WWE.He signed with the company in 1973 when it was still known by its original name of World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF), which was renamed to World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1979, and he continued performing for the promotion until 1991 (the WWF was ...
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Actor and former NFL player Matthew Willig plays the iconic wrestler — who died of congestive heart failure in 1993. Other famous wrestlers portrayed in the NBC sitcom include the Iron Sheik ...
In December 1972, Kowalski became the first wrestler to pin André the Giant in North America, in what was billed as a "Battle of the Giants." [ 11 ] Photographs from the Quebec City match helped to establish André's reputation in American wrestling magazines, since they showed him towering over the better-known Kowalski.
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