A cause of death was not immediately disclosed.
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Rhodes was one of wrestling’s biggest personalities and had some of the sport’s most legendary matches against Ric Flair and other top names during his career that peaked in the 1970s and ’80s.
He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2007.