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You don’t have to be a professional wrestling fan to recognize the name Andre the Giant. The Hall of Fame Wrestler is still ...
At a time when kayfabe was alive and well, WWE legend Andre the Giant was in a match with higher stakes than he could have ...
One year around Christmas in the early 1980s, Andre the Giant realized he could not breathe when he laid down to sleep. He was safe in the privacy of his secluded country home in Ellerbe ...
It's been over 30 years since the world lost its eighth wonder. André René Roussimoff, better known by most as Andre The Giant, may have died in his sleep on January 28, 1993, but his legacy in ...
As it turns out, the Giant’s life needed no embellishment ... Because shopping could be a cumbersome experience, Andre grew fond of QVC, the home shopping channel that had launched in 1986.
Jane Jenkins, the casting director of “The Princess Bride,” looked at a lot of tall men for the part of the giant Fezzik. But in her mind, there was only one giant who could plausibly haul ...
Andre Roussimoff, better known in history as "The Eighth Wonder of the World" Andre the Giant, was one of the most popular professional wrestlers of his time, dominating the ring with his massive ...
Andre the Giant and Kareem Abdul Jabbar lift Arnold Schwarzenneger / IMAGO / ZUMA Press Wire A book titled "The Eighth Wonder of the World: The True Story of André the Giant," includes a chapter ...
André René Roussimoff was a large man. At more than 7 feet tall and 500 pounds, the French actor and wrestler earned the name André the Giant. And it wasn't just his size that was seemingly ...
Andre the Giant may have died almost 25 years ago, but special effects artist Trent Taft from New York City is bringing the famed wrestler back to fans in the form of a hyper realistic sculpture.