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October 14, 2009
Wrestling Manager, Pop Icon Captain Lou Albano Dies: Captain Lou Albano, the wrestling icon who played Cyndi Lauper's dad in the video for "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" and Super Mario in a cartoon, has died at age 76. Albano began his pro wrestling career in 1953 and was inducted into the World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Fame in 1996. At his 75th birthday last year, a wrestler in attendance smashed a beer bottle on a restaurant owner. See Lou in action.
No one will ever be able to "accessorize" a total personal image with rubber bands the way Capt. Lou did. Favorite old school manager ever. I wonder how much of his look was furnished by the WWF(Before theose tree huggin Wild life people changed it to WWE) and how much was his own style.(or lack of)
posted by Debo270 at 01:55 PM on October 14, 2009
Captain Lou will always be a legend among wrestlers who wore office supplies as facial decorations.
posted by The_Black_Hand at 02:04 PM on October 14, 2009
Aw, sad. Captain Lou was a great figure in wrestling, but also became a great pop culture figure in general for about a decade. It sounds like he lived life on his terms and really had a pretty good go at it. Congratulations, Lou, for living the life you wanted. Not everyone can say that.
posted by Joey Michaels at 03:16 PM on October 14, 2009
I remember watching Captain Lou Albano ever since I was a little one, he was ultra-violent for those days which I loved. It's a shame that he's gone but he will always remembered...even if it was for having a rubber band pinned to his face.
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