Rocky Johnson
Although his son, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, leapfrogged him in the Fame Department, Rocky Johnson was the family’s original professional wrestler. Born in Canada, Rocky started his wrestling career in 1964, winning several National Wrestling Alliance titles. The duo won the 1983 World Tag Team Championship 1983, alongside tag team partner Tony Atlas, and became World Wrestling Entertainment’s first black champions. Johnson died of pulmonary embolism, believing that he had the flu in early January 2020, ignoring a prospective doctor’s visit.
Rocky Johnson
Rip Torn
With a career that spanned over 60 years, Rip Torn was a noted actor and voice actor. As Patches O’houlihan, Zed in the Men in Black Franchise, and Arties on The Larry Sanders Show, he’s immortalized in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story. Torn passed away at the age of 88 from Alzheimer’s and its complications.
Rip Torn
