Wrestler Randy Savage dead at 58

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WWF superstar Macho Man Randy Savage attends on Oct. 7, 2003 an instore promo in New York City to launch his musical debut album "Be A Man." (UPI/Ezio Petersen)
WWF superstar Macho Man Randy Savage attends on Oct. 7, 2003 an instore promo in New York City to launch his musical debut album "Be A Man." (UPI/Ezio Petersen) | License Photo

TAMPA, Fla., May 20 (UPI) -- Professional wrestler "Macho Man" Randy Savage died in a car crash Friday morning in Tampa, Fla., his brother Lanny Poffo told TMZ. He was 58.

Poffo said Savage suffered a heart attack while he was driving and lost control of his vehicle.

Police told TMZ Savage's 2009 Jeep Wrangler veered across a concrete median, traveled through oncoming traffic and crashed head-on into a tree.

The showman and athlete died at Largo Medical Center of injuries he sustained in the collision.

His wife Lynn was a passenger in the vehicle but escaped with minor injuries, the report said.

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