One of the best heels of all time…
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From his obit: " He was having an excellent year in 1967 when he was struck on the shin by a line drive off the bat of the Pittsburgh Pirates’ Roberto Clemente. Mr. Gibson pitched to three more batters before collapsing on the mound with a broken leg.
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RIP Animal.
Sadly, Hawk also died back in 2003.
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Indeed! They were always incredibly entertaining to watch! They had a good rivalry with the Steiner Bros back in the old NWA days.
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Their feud with the Midnight Express was also one of legend.
While they weren’t the best technical wrestlers and no-sold a bit too much for my taste, their gimmick was something else. I remember as a kid being simply awe struck by their costumes with the giant spikes.
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Oh yeah! Absolutely.
Yeah, it was pretty cool!
Also, did you know that Rick Steiner is now a real estate agent in N. GA and was on a local school board for a while! Weird, huh?
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The Claw was a substitute teacher at my high school. Seemed weird at the time, but these guys need to find something after the limelight fades.
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Fuck 2020. You beat me to posting it as I kept checking the news to see if if was real… 
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Waaay to f’ng early. Fuck cancer.
I tried to play the guitar once because of him. It didn’t take.
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I had a black guitar with fluorescent green stripes when I was 15 because of Eddie.
Finally I can play a bit but he could play!
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Some people are born with music for blood. I am continually amazed at musicians who make beautiful sound effortlessly pour out of their fingers, mouths, brains, like water out of a tap. It’s a long list, too.
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That’s the dream when you pick up an instrument 
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That song will be especially poignant after Trump is defeated.
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Oh, man. That’s very sad to hear. I love his voice.
I also remember that Grosse Point Blank used “I Can See Clearly Now” for their opening scene.
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Reggae’s debt to him is often unacknowledged.
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