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Wrestler Randy Savage dead at 58

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.

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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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