All-time wrestling great Randy "Macho Man" Savage died in a Florida car wreck Friday after suffering a heart attack behind the wheel, according to TMZ.com.
The 58-year-old Savage, a one-time minor league baseball player who helped catapult Vince McMahon's WWF into a huge success during the mid-'80s, was killed in Tampa, said his brother, fellow ex-grappler Lanny Poffo.
The car veered out of control about 10 a.m. after Savage's heart attack, Poffo told TMZ.
Savage used his rippling physique and trade cry of "Oooooh yeaaaaah!" to become one of the wrestling world's biggest draws, teaming with Hulk Hogan at one point before their "partnership" went south.
Savage, in addition to his time with the WWF, wrestled for Ted Turner's WCW before retiring in 1999.
He made a cameo appearance in the box office hit "Spider-Man," but kept a relatively low profile after leaving the ring.
He had just celebrated his first anniversary with his new wife, Lynn. A previous Savage wife, wrestling manager Elizabeth Heulette, died in 2003 from a lethal combination of drugs and booze.
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