Wrestling Icon George “The Animal” Steele Dead at 79

Wrestling great George “The Animal” Steele dies.

FOX’s Michelle Pollino reports:

One of the WWE’s biggest names in wrestling has died. George “The Animal” Steele whose real name is William James Myers was known as one of the more�wild stars�in the ring. He passed at the age of 79…

(Vince McMahon) “Hogan will have great difficulty, extraordinary�difficulty with George ‘The Animal’ Steele.”

Steele was known for his unpredictability�in the ring as well as his green tongue and hairy upper body “The Animal” received a master’s degree from Central Michigan University and was a high school teacher and wrestling coach in Michigan.

He started wrestling part time. His first WWE�appearance was in 1967, when he began his rivalry against champ Bruno Sammartino.

Michelle Pollino, FOX News.

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…I worked with him a lot when I first got to @WWE and was able to learn so much. My condolences to his family. pic.twitter.com/wKbo1WCnzb

� Triple H (@TripleH) February 17, 2017

I feared him as a kid.
I cheered him as a teenager
I became friends w/him as an adult
Never be another like
George the Animal Steele pic.twitter.com/TdrIfod68i

� Tommy Dreamer (@THETOMMYDREAMER) February 17, 2017