CH (MAJ) William Beaver 776666 <div class="images-v2-count-3"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-49089"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fdusty-rhodes-dead-how-did-i-miss-that%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Dusty+Rhodes+dead%3F++How+did+I+miss+that%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fdusty-rhodes-dead-how-did-i-miss-that&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0ADusty Rhodes dead? 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The American Dream, died this month. How did I miss that? Now I feel really old. Robin Williams' death several months ago shocked me. Leonard Nimoy's passing saddened me. But this - Dusty, leaves me speechless. My brothers and grew up watching wrestling as kids and then wrestle each other. The American Dream has died.<br /><br />Well, as I look at the news the last two weeks in the nation, this explains alot. Dusty Rhodes dead? How did I miss that? 2015-06-28T16:22:04-04:00 CH (MAJ) William Beaver 776666 <div class="images-v2-count-3"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-49089"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fdusty-rhodes-dead-how-did-i-miss-that%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Dusty+Rhodes+dead%3F++How+did+I+miss+that%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fdusty-rhodes-dead-how-did-i-miss-that&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0ADusty Rhodes dead? 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The American Dream, died this month. How did I miss that? Now I feel really old. Robin Williams' death several months ago shocked me. Leonard Nimoy's passing saddened me. But this - Dusty, leaves me speechless. My brothers and grew up watching wrestling as kids and then wrestle each other. The American Dream has died.<br /><br />Well, as I look at the news the last two weeks in the nation, this explains alot. Dusty Rhodes dead? How did I miss that? 2015-06-28T16:22:04-04:00 2015-06-28T16:22:04-04:00 SSgt Charles Edwards 776728 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yeah, this happened a couple of weeks ago. He was honored prior to start of the last PPV. Response by SSgt Charles Edwards made Jun 28 at 2015 4:59 PM 2015-06-28T16:59:15-04:00 2015-06-28T16:59:15-04:00 SSgt Private RallyPoint Member 776730 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>cool man ! Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 28 at 2015 5:00 PM 2015-06-28T17:00:17-04:00 2015-06-28T17:00:17-04:00 PVT Robert Gresham 776799 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yes, sadly Virgil Riley Runnels Jr. AKA Dusty Rhodes, the "American Dream", passed on June 11th at the age of 69. <br /><br />I also remember watching Dusty in Atlanta during the days of the NWA (National Wrestling Alliance) as his signature lisp and sweet style came through to his good friend, and commentator Gordon Solie, "Gordon 'Tholie', the Dream is here!! The man with the power to 'thweet ' to be 'thower'. Yeah, Baby !!" <br /><br />Dusty, you will be missed.  <br /><br />Check out 'Scott Hall remembers Dusty Rhodes': <br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="https://youtu.be/M4kYUpDqD">https://youtu.be/M4kYUpDqD</a> Response by PVT Robert Gresham made Jun 28 at 2015 5:48 PM 2015-06-28T17:48:52-04:00 2015-06-28T17:48:52-04:00 2015-06-28T16:22:04-04:00