# Roddy Piper is all out of bubble gum. RIP **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 31, 2015, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roddy-piper-is-all-out-of-bubble-gum-rip/726687 "2015-07-31T23:05:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2015, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roddy-piper-is-all-out-of-bubble-gum-rip/726687/1 "2015-07-31T23:05:36Z")
[Scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp_K8prLfso) [WWE legend “Rowdy” Roddy Piper died after suffering a heart attack in his Hollywood home. He was 61.](http://variety.com/2015/biz/obituaries-people-news/roddy-piper-dies-dead-wwe-wrestler-1201554513/) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2015, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roddy-piper-is-all-out-of-bubble-gum-rip/726687/2 "2015-07-31T23:07:53Z")
The wake is in [The Game Room.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=763863) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2015, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roddy-piper-is-all-out-of-bubble-gum-rip/726687/3 "2015-07-31T23:08:34Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > The wake is in [The Game Room.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=763863) I almost never visit The Game Room. (Never watched wrestling. I just know him from _They Live_.) . ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2015, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roddy-piper-is-all-out-of-bubble-gum-rip/726687/4 "2015-07-31T23:13:34Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > (Never watched wrestling. I just know him from _They Live_.) > > . Same here. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2015, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roddy-piper-is-all-out-of-bubble-gum-rip/726687/5 "2015-08-01T00:30:02Z")
Loved _They Live._ RIP, Roddy. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2015, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roddy-piper-is-all-out-of-bubble-gum-rip/726687/6 "2015-08-01T01:13:54Z")
I could have sworn he died a couple years ago. Who the hell do I have him confused with? ---
**Author:** ![Hellestal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ab097/32.png) [@Hellestal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hellestal)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2015, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roddy-piper-is-all-out-of-bubble-gum-rip/726687/7 "2015-08-01T01:20:02Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I could have sworn he died a couple years ago. Who the hell do I have him confused with? Macho Man Randy Savage? (d. 2011) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2015, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roddy-piper-is-all-out-of-bubble-gum-rip/726687/8 "2015-08-01T04:23:59Z")
So far I think VICE said it best: [Roddy Piper Came Here to Chew Bubblegum and Kick Ass and Now We’re All Out of Roddy Piper](http://www.vice.com/read/roddy-piper-came-here-to-kick-ass-and-chew-bubblegum-and-were-all-out-of-roddy-piper-vgtrn-123). ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2015, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roddy-piper-is-all-out-of-bubble-gum-rip/726687/9 "2015-08-01T04:32:24Z")
Aw, man! ☹ Not big into the ridiculous joke that is “wrestling” (I wrestled in high school and college, REAL wrestling, and hated the fact that shit was called wrestling! :mad::mad: ) but I found some of those guys irresistibly entertaining. Piper at the top of the heap. Loved his persona. RIP! ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2015, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roddy-piper-is-all-out-of-bubble-gum-rip/726687/10 "2015-08-01T09:20:21Z")
And he was a good actor. There was this funny sci fi movie I remember. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2015, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roddy-piper-is-all-out-of-bubble-gum-rip/726687/11 "2015-08-01T15:24:11Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > So far I think VICE said it best: [Roddy Piper Came Here to Chew Bubblegum and Kick Ass and Now We’re All Out of Roddy Piper](http://www.vice.com/read/roddy-piper-came-here-to-kick-ass-and-chew-bubblegum-and-were-all-out-of-roddy-piper-vgtrn-123). I wish I’d come up with that one. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2015, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roddy-piper-is-all-out-of-bubble-gum-rip/726687/12 "2015-08-01T15:30:03Z")
> [@the\_diego](#): > > And he was a good actor. There was this funny sci fi movie I remember. [Robots don’t go to heaven](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhjYBanxQ0g)? ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2015, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roddy-piper-is-all-out-of-bubble-gum-rip/726687/13 "2015-08-01T21:10:29Z")
> [@the\_diego](#): > > And he was a good actor. There was this funny sci fi movie I remember. [Hell Comes To Frogtown](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_pBD-1P9c8)? ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2015, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roddy-piper-is-all-out-of-bubble-gum-rip/726687/14 "2015-08-02T00:31:30Z")
Have a pizza in the oven, a few beverages on ice, the TV sojnd running through the stereo, and am settling down to watch They Live. RIP, Roddy - you’ve given me a hell of a lot of entertainment over the years - I’ll miss ya. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2015, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roddy-piper-is-all-out-of-bubble-gum-rip/726687/15 "2015-08-02T01:33:26Z")
If it turns out that fucking dentist shot him, I’m gonna be so pissed.