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#3) Brian Pillman
"Flyin" Brian Pillman, the "loose cannon" from Cincinatti who is best known for his football and pro-wrestling careers in Canada's Stampede Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and the WWF during in the evolving period that preceeded the Attitude Era, was a childhood cancer survivor. The agile light heavyweight athlete, who went up against NJPW legend Jushin "Thunder" Liger on the very first episode of WCW Monday Nitro in September 1995, suffered from multiple malignant throat polyps as a toddler and underwent more than thirty separate surgeries to save his life.
Although Pillman grew up without his deceased father and spent much of his early childhood in a hospital where he would only be released during Christmas, he survived the throat cancer with only his signature raspy voice left as a reminder. Despite his terrible illnesses, less than stellar family life and untimely 1997 demise from a drug overdose, he still created a legacy for himself by excelling in the NFL and the top three pro-wrestling promotions of the 90s.
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