Remember the wrestling legend ‘Rowdy’ Roddy Piper?.

He is dead.

Piper born Roderick George Toombs died at 61 in his sleep at his Hollywood home on Thursday night, but it was discovered on Friday. He had a cardiac arrest.

Piper was one of the biggest stars in the WWE back in the ’80s, and even wrestled in ‘Wrestlemania I’ back in 1985 squaring off against Hulk Hogan and Mr. T.

“I am devastated at this news. Rod was a good friend as well as a client and one of the most generous, sincere and authentic people I have ever known. This is a true loss to us all,” says Roddy’s rep.

He had been diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in 2006, but last November he announced that he was cancer free. A family source supported the claim stating that he was cancer free at the time of his death.

“Our family is saddened by the sudden passing of our father and beloved husband, Roderick Toombs aka Rowdy Roddy Piper,” says a family member.

As a wrestling icon, Roddy was admitted into the WWE Hall of Fame back in 2005 and was one of the top 50 villains in the history of the WWE.

Janeth J