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Rhodes had feuds with Abdullah the Butcher, Terry Funk, Kevin Sullivan, Blackjack Mulligan, Nikita Koloff, Harley Race, Superstar Billy Graham, "Crippler" Ray Stevens and, most notably, The Four Horsemen (especially Ric Flair and Tully Blanchard).
Dusty Rhodes – the rotund, easy bleeding, easy talking professional wrestler who billed himself as “The American Dream” – died Thursday, the WWE said.
Tragedy struck this afternoon after the WWE Universe received the terrible news of Virgil Runnels, aka "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, passing away today at the age of 69.
Dusty Rhodes, a professional wrestler who endeared himself to fans as an everyman with a less-than-stellar physique, died Thursday in Orlando, Fla. He was 69. World Wrestling Entertainment...
Nicknamed The American Dream, Dusty Rhodes was the stage name of Virgil Runnels. He died in Marietta, Ga., an area northwest of Atlanta.
W restling fans around the world breathed heavy sighs on Thursday as news broke that Virgil Runnels, who was better known by his stage name Dusty “the American Dream” Rhodes, died after falling...
A WWE spokesman declined to give a cause of death or any details on where he died. One of wrestling's biggest stars, Dusty Rhodes, who billed himself as "The American Dream", has died aged 69.
WWE is deeply saddened that Virgil Runnels, aka “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes — WWE Hall of Famer, three-time NWA Champion and one of the most captivating and charismatic figures in sports entertainment history — passed away yesterday at the age of 69. Photos: Dusty's career-defining moments.
Virgil Runnels, better known as WWE legend Dusty Rhodes, died on Thursday at the age of 69. The cause of death was not immediately available. “WWE extends its sincerest condolences to...
Virgil Runnels, the man known to generations of pro-wrestling fans as Dusty Rhodes, died Thursday, WWE confirms. He was 69 years old.