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The Rock Still 'The People's Champion'

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Newstalk ZB staff,
Publish Date
Tue, 7 Apr 2015, 8:33am
The Rock's chance encounter with fan Nick Miller, who is suffering from Hodgkin's lymphoma (Photo: Instagram)
The Rock's chance encounter with fan Nick Miller, who is suffering from Hodgkin's lymphoma (Photo: Instagram)

The Rock Still 'The People's Champion'

Author
Newstalk ZB staff,
Publish Date
Tue, 7 Apr 2015, 8:33am

Dwayne Johnson, or 'The Rock' as he was known is his wrestling days, had a tagline he gave himself -  'The People's Champion'. Despite being out of the WWE and now focused on Hollywood, he's continued to prove the nickname wasn't an act.

A chance encounter with a fan, Nick Miller, who has been battling cancer (Hodgkin's lymphoma), has given both Miller and The Rock a memory they'll never forget.

"I hop out of my truck and this kid runs up to me, hugs the hell outta me and says it's been his life's dream to meet me and tell me how much I've inspired him to fight cancer (Hodgkin's lymphoma) and hard core chemo and stem cell transplant treatments. He was a little teary eyed and said for months and months all he's wanted to do was find me and say this face to face," Johnson wrote.

Here is The Rock's full post to Instagram on April 5:

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