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Mr. T Celebrated His 74th Birthday With the Most Mr. T Birthday Cake Possible

The 1980s icon celebrated by thanking God, calling himself blessed, and showing off a cake with his most famous catchphrase.

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There are few people who better represent the vibes of the 1980s than Mr. T. Born Laurence Tureaud in Chicago in May of 1952, Mr. T became a household name after his performance as Clubber Lang in the film Rocky III. It was in this film that the now-iconic catchphrase “I pity the fool” was first uttered. It instantly became part of the pop culture lexicon.

Soon after his role in Rocky III, Mr. T took his talents to television, starring as B.A. Baracus on the hit show The A-Team. In fact, it was his role on The A-Team that made his iconic look still memorable all these years later.

While Rocky and A-Team were great, for me, Mr. T will always be synonymous with professional wrestling. His appearance in the main event of the first-ever WrestleMania not only helped make him a bigger star, but it also helped the WWE........

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