ravings of a semi-sane madwoman: louuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-nooooooooooooooooooooooo

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

louuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-nooooooooooooooooooooooo

i don't care what you thought of wrestling, (and i have some choice words for linda mcmahon WHO by the way has some sort of campaign office in the center of my town i am told) you had to LOVE captain lou. i did

Captain Lou Albano, Famed Pro Wrestling Manager, Dead At 76

For pro-wrestling fans of a certain age, Captain Lou Albano was a larger-than-life figure who helped turn what was once a low-rent, cable-access sport into a pop-culture phenomenon. The World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Famer died on Wednesday morning (October 14) at the age of 76, according to the WWE and Wrestler's Rescue, an organization that helps raise money for retired wrestlers' health care.

Wrestler's Rescue reported that Albano had been in hospice care earlier this week, but no cause of death has been revealed.

Born Louis Vincent Albano on July 29, 1933, in Mount Vernon, New York, the former football player and bouncer entered the wrestling game in the late 1950s. His four-decade wrestling career kicked off when he created the tag team known as the Sicilians, playing a stereotypical Italian gangster alongside partner Tony Altimore. The pair won a few regional tag-team championships and briefly held the United States Tag Team title before losing it in 1967 to Bruno Sammartino and Spiros Arion............