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RIP Capt. Lou Albano

post #1 of 5
10/14/09 at 3:00pm
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WWE Hall of Famer Captain Lou Albano, 76, passed away today, only hours after the Miami Herald reported that he was at home with his family under hospice care.

Everyone should also remember him from Cyndi Lauper's The Goonies R Good Enough music video.
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post #2 of 5
10/16/09 at 11:57am
He was also at the crossroads of the "Rock-n-Wrestling" campaign that helped launch the WWE into the stratoshphere back in the '80's and helped make Cyndi Lauper even bigger along with the likes of Mr. T, Hulk Hogan, and Roddy Piper.  Captain Lou Albano and Classy Fred Blassy are now both gone.
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post #3 of 5
10/16/09 at 12:58pm
For the slightly younger of us who grew up during the late 80s/ early 90s:


He was also the live-action Mario.
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post #4 of 5
10/16/09 at 3:00pm
When I saw him on TV my eyes were always fixated on the rubber band hanging off his left cheek.
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post #5 of 5
10/18/09 at 9:01pm
Isn't that the truth about the rubber band?  Did he ever explain what that thing was for or represented?  I thought I heard something one time, but I just can't remember. 
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