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A blood clot was the cause of death for Rocky Soulman Johnson, the WWE Professional

Wrestling Hall of Famer and father of Hollywood actor Dwayne the Rock Johnson. Johnson died at the

Florida home his son bought for him. He was 75.

Rocky began wrestling at the age of 16 and retired in 1991, but he went on to train his son to become a wrestler.

Here's Dwayne the Rock Johnson, paying tribute to his father.

I wish I had one more shot, you know, just to say goodbye.

Say I love you, say thank you, respect you, but you know, I have a feeling he's watching,

he's listening.

I know my dad will be saying, K-fabe the tears.

You know, you try and you think about, well, what am I going to write?

And this is, you know, you don't, you, you don't know what to write for a eulogy.

It's your dad.

You don't expect it.

As you guys know, you know, he went very quick. It's your dad. You don't expect it. As you guys know,

you know, he went very quick. I was on my way to work the other day on January 15th, and I was just

pulling into work. We were shooting that day, and it was the very first day in production.

And then I get a call from my wife, Lauren, who said, you know, hey, I just spoke to

Cora. It seems like something's going on with your dad.

And Lauren was with our...

She was with our babies. She was with my mom and she said, you know, I really can't talk. She goes, I think you should call Cora though. So of course I call Cora. Cora, you know, she broke the news to me. And right when she broke the news, I was literally just pulling in. I'm'm looking at the whole crew hundreds of guys and women milling around and carrying equipment and waving at me in the

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