Despite his substance abuse, ZumWalt continued weight training and became a successful professional arm-wrestler. Rick Zumwalt, Cirque du Soleil's first strongman, is what you might call a minimalist. (sibling). 1. Who counts? As he himself declared at the beginning he had to do a simple part as an extra but then, after the wrestler gave up Big John Studd became the main antagonist even though he was asked to shave his head (rumor has it for $ 10000) a look that he will keep for life. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. The strongman now wants to talk about his past to help youths avoid the mistakes that almost wrecked his life. Elmo R. Zumwalt 3d, son of the admiral who ordered the spraying of Agent Orange in Vietnam, and who was exposed to the defoliant himself, died of cancer today at his home. But his passion is sobriety, and helping to save the nation from losing its youth, a task he plans to take on full time when he is finished with Cirque du Soleil. In his later years, he became an active member of his community and spent a great deal of time serving others suffering from alcohol and drug abuse. var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999); The French-Canadian circus, more technical and artistic than most traditional American circuses, has traveled through five cities in the past year and will head to six others before the tour ends in December. He was born on September 24, 1951, in Desert Hot Springs, California.Desert Hot Springs is a beautiful and populous city located in Desert Hot Springs, California United States of America. Rick Zumwalt . Publicity Listings I can shake a guy's hand, then try to rip his arm off a minute later. He had numerous acting roles in such movies as Disorderlies,Penitentiary III, Criminal Act, Rockula, and Under Surveillance. document.write ("