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FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2000, file photo, former pro wrestler Bruno Sammartino poses with a painting of him in his Pittsburgh home. A Pittsburgh suburb on Friday, April 23, 2021 honored Sammartino by renaming a park in the longtime resident's honor. Sangree Park in Ross Township will be known as Sammartino Park, after the man who lived in the community for more than 50 years. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Town renames park after pro wrestler Bruno Sammartino

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Pallbearers carry the casket of former professional wrestler Bruno Sammartino Monday, April 23, 2018, in Ross Township, Pa., a suburb just north of Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Funeral held for pro wrestling great Bruno Sammartino

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FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2000, file photo, former pro wrestler Bruno Sammartino, 65, poses with a painting of him in his pro wrestling prime weighing 275 pounds in 1965 at age 35, in his Pittsburgh home. Bruno Sammartino, professional wrestling's &quot;Living Legend&quot; and one of its longest-reigning champions, has died. Sammartino was 82. Family friend and former wrestling announcer Christoper Crusie saids Sammartino died Wednesday morning, April 18, 2018, and had been hospitalized for two months. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Funeral set for pro wrestling great Bruno Sammartino

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FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2000, file photo, former pro wrestler Bruno Sammartino, 65, poses with a painting of him in his pro wrestling prime weighing 275 pounds in 1965 at age 35, in his Pittsburgh home. Bruno Sammartino, professional wrestling's &quot;Living Legend&quot; and one of its longest-reigning champions, has died. Sammartino was 82. Family friend and former wrestling announcer Christoper Crusie saids Sammartino died Wednesday morning, April 18, 2018, and had been hospitalized for two months. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Bruno Sammartino, professional wrestling great, dies at 82

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FILE - In this March 27, 2013, file photo, Bruno Sammartino sits in front of pictures, panitings and trophies highlighting his storied career as a wrestler and weightlifter, at his home in his North Hills, Pa., home. Bruno Sammartino, professional wrestling's &quot;Living Legend&quot; and one of its longest-reigning champions, has died. Sammartino was 82. Family friend and former wrestling announcer Christoper Crusie saids Sammartino died Wednesday morning, April 18, 2018, and had been hospitalized for two months. (Andrew Russell/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review via AP, File)

Professional wrestling great Bruno Sammartino dies at 82

By DAN GELSTON - Associated Press

FILE – In this Feb. 15, 2017, file photo, retired professional wrestler Bruno Sammartino examines U.S. rower Amanda Polk's Olympic gold medal at the 81st Dapper Dan Awards and sports auction, a fundraiser for the Boys &amp; Girls Clubs of Western Pennsylvania, in Pittsburgh. Sammartino met with pop singing sensation Bruno Mars on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017, when Mars' 24K Magic World Tour stopped in Pittsburgh, after Sammartino heard Mars was nicknamed &quot;Bruno&quot; as a baby because Sammartino was Mars' father's favorite wrestler. (Haley Nelson/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP, File)

Bruno Mars meets source of nickname: Bruno Sammartino

By JOE MANDAK - Associated Press

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