Story Published:
Nov 28, 2006 at 3:23 PM PST
Story Updated:
Jun 23, 2008 at 6:18 PM PST
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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