{"id":19928,"date":"2016-05-19T12:00:50","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T17:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=19928"},"modified":"2016-05-19T15:07:19","modified_gmt":"2016-05-19T20:07:19","slug":"andre-giant-70-wwe-remembers-andre-birthday-plus-new-york-daily-news-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/05\/19\/andre-giant-70-wwe-remembers-andre-birthday-plus-new-york-daily-news-feature\/","title":{"rendered":"Andre the Giant at 70 &#8211; WWE remembers Andre on his birthday, plus New York Daily News feature"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-346112677\" 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>All-time wrestling attraction Andre the Giant would have turned 70-years-old today (May 19).<\/p>\n<p>WWE released a two-minute video package documenting Andre&#8217;s history and headlining role in WWF\/E.<\/p>\n<p>Also, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/entertainment\/tv\/beginning-bizarre-andre-giant-career-article-1.2642652\" target=\"_blank\">New York Daily News published a feature on Andre<\/a>, including recollections of Vince McMahon, Sr. seeing Andre for the first time and knowing he would become a worldwide star.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, plans were officially announced for a biography movie on Andre.\u00a0Lion Forge Comics, Stone Village Productions, the authors of a new biography\u00a0on Andre, and Andre\u2019s daughter Robin Christensen-Roussimoff are collaborating on the movie project, <a href=\"http:\/\/variety.com\/2016\/film\/news\/andre-the-giant-biopic-1201769286\/\" target=\"_blank\">reported Variety<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The feature film will bring to life the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1631404008\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1631404008&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=pw075-20&amp;linkId=7KCYWXMBCBKGI3TP\" target=\"_blank\">2015 book \u201cAndre the Giant: Closer to Heaven\u201d<\/a> that focuses on Andre\u2019s journey from the family farm in France to headlining wrestling cards around the world, while battling gigantism.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday afternoon, WWE executive Stephanie McMahon <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephMcMahon\/status\/733356253754327042\" target=\"_blank\">tweeted on her all-time favorite wrestler<\/a>, who has become a part of WrestleMania with the annual Andre the Giant Memorial battle royal.<\/p>\n<p>Later, WWE CEO Vince McMahon, Jr. tweeted his birthday wishes to Andre.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The legend of Andre the Giant - What you need to know...\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s0xTSqlFi9Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Andre would have been the same age as my dad today. I\u2019m so lucky to have called him my <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/friend?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#friend<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N7fLfH8Gxk\">pic.twitter.com\/N7fLfH8Gxk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Stephanie McMahon (@StephMcMahon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephMcMahon\/status\/733356253754327042?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Happy Birthday to the Eighth Wonder of the World, Andre the Giant. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H2fG0ByiCM\">pic.twitter.com\/H2fG0ByiCM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Vince McMahon (@VinceMcMahon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VinceMcMahon\/status\/733387160515170305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-513501737\"><div id=\"pwtor-3282257231\"><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>All-time wrestling attraction Andre the Giant would have turned 70-years-old today (May 19). WWE released a two-minute video package documenting Andre&#8217;s history and headlining role in WWF\/E. 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