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Q: What's the connection between Ellerbe, NC and The Princess Bride movie?

A: Andre The Giant

He lived at a ranch there since his early wrestling days. They've got a museum with his size 26 cowboy boots.

Recently, a Richmond County marker was placed at NC Highway 73 and Old NC Highway 220. It says

“Andre The Giant. 1946-1993. Actor and professional wrestler. Was born Andre Roussimoff. Known for role in The Princess Bride in 1987. Lived nearby.”

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#WhereTheHellIsEllerbeNC
#ThePrincessBrideMovie #AndreTheGiant #CineMastodon

Andre The Giant honored with roadside marker in tiny North Carolina town

Wrestler and actor Andre The Giant is being honored with a roadside marker in a small town in North Carolina that was once his home. Wrestler Vladimir Koloff helped unveil the marker Thursday. The wrestler, whose real name was Andre Rene Roussimoff, lived on a ranch near Ellerbe. He was involved in the community even fighting a landfill for low-level radioactive waste. Billed as 7-foot-4 and 520 pounds, he was a towering figure in wrestling during the 1970s and 1980s, famously facing Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania in 1987. Later that year, he appeared as Fezzik in “The Princess Bride.” He died in 1993 at age 46.

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Patrick T. Goddard May 20

Happy birthday Andre the Giant #penandink #penandinksketches #blackandwhite #bwart #sketches #pinup #pinupart #art #andrethegiant #eighthwonderoftheworld #fizzik #princessbride

donutage (Bill Cole)May 19

Happy birthdays to Andre the Giant (b. André René Roussimoff, 5/19/1946) and Joey the Ramone (b. Jeffrey Ross Hyman, 5/19/1951)!

I bet that would be one hell of a birthday bash.

#UnofficialDiaryDates #AndreTheGiant #JoeyRamone

Welcome to the Boomtown May 19

Remembering André the Giant on what would have been his 80th birthday. #80s #80swrestling #80smovies #AndretheGiant

MaxxedOut Sports Entertainment May 17

Us old heads wrestling fans remember what Andre FELT like.

Before the internet, before spoilers, before overexposure… Andre felt impossible. Larger than life in a way wrestling may never fully recreate again.

Happy Birthday to a true wrestling attraction.

Andre the Giant wasn’t just a wrestler.

He was an attraction. A myth. A moment in wrestling history that felt impossible to recreate.

#AndreTheGiant #WWE #wrestling #news #trending #maxxedout

Gregg Alley Apr 25

I got to shake André’s hand after a match in 1983. #AndréTheGiant #NorthCarolina
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Andre The Giant honored with roadside marker in tiny North Carolina town

Wrestler and actor Andre The Giant is being honored with a roadside marker in a small town in North Carolina that was once his home. Wrestler Vladimir Koloff helped unveil the marker Thursday. The wrestler, whose real name was Andre Rene Roussimoff, lived on a ranch near Ellerbe. He was involved in the community even fighting a landfill for low-level radioactive waste. Billed as 7-foot-4 and 520 pounds, he was a towering figure in wrestling during the 1970s and 1980s, famously facing Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania in 1987. Later that year, he appeared as Fezzik in “The Princess Bride.” He died in 1993 at age 46.

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Joshua McNeill Apr 23

I'm shocked to see something in the news that legitimately makes me happy.

#AndreTheGiant #wrestling #NorthCarolina #NC

https://apnews.com/article/andre-giant-marker-north-carolina-50f72416176238154f5b652a833e814b

Andre The Giant honored with roadside marker in tiny North Carolina town

Wrestler and actor Andre The Giant is being honored with a roadside marker in a small town in North Carolina that was once his home. Wrestler Vladimir Koloff helped unveil the marker Thursday. The wrestler, whose real name was Andre Rene Roussimoff, lived on a ranch near Ellerbe. He was involved in the community even fighting a landfill for low-level radioactive waste. Billed as 7-foot-4 and 520 pounds, he was a towering figure in wrestling during the 1970s and 1980s, famously facing Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania in 1987. Later that year, he appeared as Fezzik in “The Princess Bride.” He died in 1993 at age 46.

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