Andre the Giant's Hometown Honors Wrestling Legend

0:00Andre the Giant is getting his due with a new roadside marker in the small North Carolina town of Ellerbe where he made his home. Officials are unveiling at Thursday along Highway 72. The wrestling legend, born Andre Rene Rusimov, lived on a ranch nearby and left a big mark on the community. Back in the 70s and 80s, he dominated WWE rings, built at 7 foot 4 and 520 pounds. Rene Rusimov saw him as this unbeatable force until his epic class with Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania, 3 in 1987, which shot wrestling into. The national spotlight. On screen, he switched gears as the kind-hearted physique in the Princess bride that same year, rhyming his way through the adventure. In Ellerbe, he jumped into local fights, like speaking out against the nearby radioactive landfill in 1990 and even left his size 26. Cowboy boots at the town museum. He passed away in 1993, at age 46, while visiting family in France, but his ashes went

1:02back to that cherished ranch. The marker keeps it simple, Andre the Giant, actor and wrestler live right there. This nod captures a giant's gentle side, in a spot he truly called home, reminding us legends like him, echo on, forever. Local news, powered by AI. This is Durham News Today.