Rowdy Roddy Piper diagnosed with cancer

Rowdy Roddy Piper diagnosed with cancer

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Story Published: Nov 28, 2006 at 3:23 PM PST

Story Updated: Jun 23, 2008 at 6:18 PM PST

By KATU Web Staff

PORTLAND, Ore. - Rowdy Roddy Piper, a former Portland wrestler whose career led him to the WWE, has been diagnosed with Lymphoma cancer, according to a statement on his official Web site.

"It seems like I have been fighting someone, something, someplace, in some manner, my whole life.  But this fight is one I am gonna win!" the statement reads.

Piper, who has been wrestling since he was a teenager, was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame last year.  He has also been in a number of films.

The wrestler is married and has four children.

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