{"id":20169,"date":"2015-06-12T13:11:01","date_gmt":"2015-06-12T17:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/?p=20169"},"modified":"2015-06-12T13:11:01","modified_gmt":"2015-06-12T17:11:01","slug":"wwe-hall-of-famer-dusty-rhodes-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/news\/wwe-hall-of-famer-dusty-rhodes-passes-away\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Hall Of Famer Dusty Rhodes Passes Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WWE announced Thursday afternoon that Virgil Runnels, aka &#8220;The American Dream&#8221; Dusty Rhodes, passed away today at the age of 69.<\/p>\n<p>WWE&#8217;s statement reads, &#8220;WWE is deeply saddened that Virgil Runnels, aka &#8220;The American Dream&#8221; Dusty Rhodes \u2014 WWE Hall of Famer, three-time NWA Champion and one of the most captivating and charismatic figures in sports entertainment history \u2014 passed away today at the age of 69.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Runnels became a hero to fans around the world thanks to his work ethic, his impassioned interviews and his indomitable spirit. Moreover, Runnels was a dedicated father to WWE Superstars Goldust (Dustin Runnels) and Stardust (Cody Runnels), a caring husband and a creative visionary who helped shape the landscape of WWE long after his in-ring career had ended.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;WWE extends its sincerest condolences to Runnels&#8217; family, friends and colleagues.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Triple H broke the sad news on Twitter. &#8220;Saddened to hear the passing of Dusty Rhodes. Legend, teacher, mentor, friend&#8230;Love you Dream #BookinAintEasyKid &#8220;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WWE Hall Of Famer Dusty Rhodes Passes Away<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[748],"class_list":["post-20169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-dusty-rhodes"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20169"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20182,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20169\/revisions\/20182"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}