23.04.2026KI-Zusammenfassung Andre The Giant Honored with Roadside Marker in Beloved North Carolina Hometown
Andre The Giant, the legendary wrestler and actor known for his role as Fezzik in The Princess Bride, is being honored with a roadside marker in Ellerbe, North Carolina, where he lived on a ranch. The marker will be unveiled Thursday at NC Highway 72 and Old NC Highway 220. Andre Rene Roussimoff, billed at 7-foot-4 and 520 pounds during his WWE career in the 1970s-80s, became a beloved community member in the town of about 1,000 people, appearing in 1990 TV spots against a nearby radioactive landfill. He died in 1993 at age 46 in France, and his ashes were spread at his ranch.