Fallece Rocky Johnson, ícono del wrestling y padre de Dwayne «The Rock» Johnson

Dwayne «The Rock» Johnson fue conocido antes como una estrella de la WWE, mucho antes de ser la estrella de Hollywood, esto se debe a qué su papá, Rocky Johnson era uno de los principales rostros de la luchar libre de la década de los 70-80.

Estrella del wrestling desde los años 60 hasta su retirada en 1991. Rocky Johnson, padre del actor, era todo un icono cuya carrera se disparó tras su entrada en la WWE. Al dejar los cuadriláteros comenzó a entrenar a su hijo, siendo pieza clave para el éxito de un Dwayne Johnson que nunca ha escatimado en elogios y muestras de respeto hacia un tipo fundamental en su vida.

Este viernes 17 de enero, a los 75 años, Rocky Johnson ha fallecido. Un duro golpe para el actor y para los millones de aficionados a ese espectáculo incomparable que es la WWE.

A través de Instagram el protagonista de Jumanji – Siguiente nível, escribió una emotivas palabras pasa despedir a su progenitor.

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I love you. You broke color barriers, became a ring legend and trail blazed your way thru this world. I was the boy sitting in the seats, watching and adoring you, my hero from afar. The boy you raised to always be proud of our cultures and proud of who and what I am. The boy you raised with the toughest of love. The intense work. The hard hand. The adoring boy who wanted to know only your best qualities. Who then grew to become a man realizing you had other deeply complicated sides that needed to be held and understood. Son to father. Man to man. That’s when my adoration turned to respect. And my empathy turned to gratitude. Grateful that you gave me life. Grateful you gave me life’s invaluable lessons. Dad, I wish I had one more shot to tell you, I love you, before you crossed over to the other side. But you were ripped away from me so fast without warning. Gone in an instant and no coming back. Im in pain. But we both know it’s just pain and it’ll pass. Now I’ll carry your mana and work ethic with me, as it’s time to move on because I have my family to feed and work to accomplish. Finally, I want you to rest your trailblazing soul, Soulman. Pain free, regret free, satisfied and at ease. You lived a very full, very hard, barrier breaking life and left it all in the ring. I love you dad and I’ll always be your proud and grateful son. Go rest high. #ripsoulman #rockyjohnson ?

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