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Living in Jacksonville => Sports => Topic started by: KenFSU on June 11, 2015, 03:28:51 PM

Title: Dusty Rhodes dies at age 69
Post by: KenFSU on June 11, 2015, 03:28:51 PM
http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/11/entertainment/dusty-rhodes-obit/index.html

You really can't overstate how big of a draw Dusty Rhodes was throughout the state of Florida, including Jacksonville, in the late 70s and early 80s.

There was a time before cable television that Florida Championship Wrestling was drawing thousands to the Coliseum on a near-weekly basis.
Title: Re: Dusty Rhodes dies at age 69
Post by: I-10east on June 11, 2015, 06:30:37 PM
RIP the American Dream.
Title: Re: Dusty Rhodes dies at age 69
Post by: coredumped on June 11, 2015, 10:53:26 PM
Not to be confused with Dusty Rhodes, former UNF baseball coach.