A Giant of pop culture has passed away today. Captain Lou Albano the great wrestler, wrestling manager, announcer, actor and video star has passed away at the age of 76. He truly was a giant of my ute.
I remember when he won the United States Tag Team championship with his partner Tony Altimore in their ahead of their time team "The Sicilians." And all those years he managed against the likes of the living legend Bruno Sammartino along with other great managers like the grand Wizard of Wrestling. You would tune your UHF antenna so you could pick up the Spanish Station Channel 47 so you could get Lucha Libre professionale on a Saturday night. Man was that fun.
Later he became a video star with munchkin Cindy Lauper and starred in several of her videos and was instrumental in the explosion of wrestling into the multi-million dollar industry it is today.
He was a pioneer and a legend.
Rest in peace sweet prince.
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