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On this day in 2020, Rocky Johnson died.
Born in 1944 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, he and his partner Tony Atlas became the first Black champions in WWE history.
His wrestling career lasted from 1964 to 1991.
He trained his son, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, to wrestle in the 1990s.
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