{"id":15834,"date":"2016-04-07T16:51:57","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T21:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=15834"},"modified":"2016-04-08T11:19:25","modified_gmt":"2016-04-08T16:19:25","slug":"blackjack-mulligan-dies-73-per-wwe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/04\/07\/blackjack-mulligan-dies-73-per-wwe\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Story &#8211; WWE HOF&#8217;er Blackjack Mulligan dies at 73"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3222283871\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Blackjack Mulligan (Robert &#8220;Bob&#8221; Windham) died at the age of 73, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwe.com\/article\/blackjack-mulligan-passes-away?sf23930779=1\" target=\"_blank\">according to WWE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Windham had been in poor health, including being hospitalized in February.<\/p>\n<p>Windham, who was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame 10 years ago, was the father of Barry Windham and grandfather of current WWE stars Bo Dallas and Bray Wyatt.<\/p>\n<p>Windham was an old-school, tough-guy Texas wrestler with his trademark handlebar mustache. Windham and Blackjack Lanza held Tag Title gold all over the U.S. in the 1970s, including one time in then-WWWF (WWE).<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWEBrayWyatt\/status\/718457075274227712<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">John Wayne of wrestling. A big, straight talkin cowboy who took no crap. We&#39;ve lost another outlaw. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PWTorch?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PWTorch<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/atddGrLRtZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/atddGrLRtZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jim Valley (@JimValley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimValley\/status\/718118377227616258?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 7, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/JRsBBQ\/status\/718133932886130688<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-630233914\"><div id=\"pwtor-3300663114\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Blackjack Mulligan (Robert &#8220;Bob&#8221; Windham) died at the age of 73, according to WWE. Windham had been in poor health, including being hospitalized in February. 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