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Wrestling Legend Ox Baker - Dead at 80...famously battled Kurt Russell

Wrestling Legend Ox Baker - Dead at 80...famously battled Kurt Russell

Posted: Oct 20th 2014 By: TMZ.com

Wrestling legend Ox Baker -- who famously battled Kurt Russell in "Escape from New York" -- has died at the age of 80.

Baker was awesome -- he wrestled with everyone from Hulk Hogan to Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka ... and even had a rivalry with "Macho Man" Randy Savage.

After he retired from wrestling, Baker got into acting ... landing the role of Slag in the famous gladiator-style fight scene in the 1981 classic "Escape from New York."

Baker also appeared on Jackie Chan's "The Big Brawl" and a weird sci-fi wrestling movie called "Blood Circus."

He also had one of the more famous appearances as a contestant on "The Price is Right."

 

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