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Wrestler Dusty Rhodes, 'The American Dream,' dies | Social media buzz


Dusty Rhodes attends the Joe Torre Safe At Home Foundation's 12th Annual Celebrity Gala at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers on Nov. 13, 2014 in New York.
Dusty Rhodes attends the Joe Torre Safe At Home Foundation's 12th Annual Celebrity Gala at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers on Nov. 13, 2014 in New York. Getty Images

Wrestling icon Dusty Rhodes (real name Virgil Runnels), 69, died Thursday, according to WWE. Here is some reaction to the wrestler’s death on Twitter and Instagram.

This story was originally published June 11, 2015 at 11:59 PM with the headline "Wrestler Dusty Rhodes, 'The American Dream,' dies | Social media buzz."

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