Wrestling icon The Iron Sheik who built a legendary villain persona in Cold War America dies at 81

Wrestling icon The Iron Sheik who built a legendary villain persona in Cold War America dies at 81

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The Iron Sheik, a former pro wrestler who relished playing a burly, bombastic villain in 1980s battles with some of the sport’s biggest stars and later became a popular Twitter personality, died Wednesday, the WWE said. He was 81. The wrestling organization posted an article confirming his death,…

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