Wrestling legend Iron Sheik passes away at 81.

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Wrestling legend Iron Sheik passes away at 81.
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Hossein Vaziri, the wrestler who played the villainous Iron Sheik in televised wrestling matches of the 1970s and 1980s, has died at the age of 80. He became one of the most popular villains in the show business sport, with his pointy mustache, shaved head, kaffiyeh and curled-toe boots. The Iron Sheik was a central character in the growth of Vince McMahon Jr.’s World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) empire.

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