Captain Lou Albano RIP

[23skidoo]

Zap2It (run by the Los Angeles Times) is reporting that longtime pro wrestler Captain Lou Albano has died at the age of 76.

http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2009/10/captain-lou-albano-dies-at-76.html

Albano is best remembered for spearheading the resurgence of professional wrestling in the early 80s after appearing in a popular Cyndi Lauper video (though he'd been a wrestler since the early 50s). His trademark for a time was rubber bands attached to piercings on this cheeks.

He also did some acting as well. I remember he starred in a live-action Super Mario Brothers TV show some years back.

I've never been big into wrestling, but I always got a kick out of Albano, plus he was a connection to the older classic days of pro wrestling of the type my grandfather loved. Plus he was connected to the WWF back in the days when it was the WWF and legitimately appealed to adults and kids alike (before it turned into an NC-17 freak show).

Alex

 

[Corran Horn]

RIP. I remember him back from the old WWF cartoon show as well as Mario on the live-action SMB series.

 

[23skidoo]

Here's the CNN story:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/14/obit.albano/index.html

Alex

 

[OdoWanKenobi]

Damn. As Mario he was a big part of my childhood. R.I.P.

 

[exodus]

I remember him have rubber bands stuck into face.

I wonder if Cyndi will give his eulogy?

R.I.P. Capt. Lou.

 

[Davros]

He was quite the character. RIP Captain Lou

 

[The Boy Who Cried Worf]

The maker of 17 different tag team champions as well as guiding Ivan Koloff to the championship gold over the legendary Bruno Sammartino.

 

[DarthPipes]

RIP, Captain Lou. Definitely a favorite of mine from back in the day. I've watched wrestling for as long as I remember.

I remember watching the Super Mario Brothers cartoon growing up my I still remember him best as Frankie the Fixer in the film Wise Guys. He's the funniest thing in that movie. It's on DVD and I can recommend it.