R.I.P.
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Pro wrestling legend Captain Lou Albano passed away on Wednesday morning at the age of 76.
Lou was admitted for hospice care earlier in the week following a hospital stay. The wrestler had struggled with his poor health in recent years, suffering a heart attack in 2005.
Albano, a former wrestler for the WWF, was most popularly known to the non-wrestling world as Cyndi Lauper's father in the video for Girls Just Want to Have Fun.
So, so sad.
You will be dearly missed, Captain Lou.
Posted: October 14, 2009 at 1:30 pm
SO SAD… R.I.P
SO SAD, BUT ARE SURE PEREZ….? CUZ IS NOT POSTED ON 30—–M—-Z
Aww he was a fixture in the town i live in, Mahopac, NY!!! He retired from WWE and stayed in Mahopac and was always seen all around! RIP CAPTAIN…IM TALKING TO YOU!
LA Times online has the best clip of this guy! What a personality! RIP dude!
How sad? I didn't realize he was that old. Good bye Captain Lou!
Who?
Right Mario like you'll even give this guy a second thought….
UMM AND MORE IMPORTANTLY…. He played Mario in the Mario Brothers Cartoon back in the 80s!!!! Duh..cmon dude! get with it…u should know this stuff! Useless!
Didn't he coin the phrase "Pencil Neck Geek"?
…I have a "Hole In My Heart" reading this. RIP
i dont even know who this guy is?!?! boring…. i'd rather look at www.dirtybuzz.com
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Oh no!! Not Captain Lou - he was awesome, ranks up there with Bobby Heenan and Jimmy Hart as far as managers go
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Tag team wrestling owes a great deal to Lou. He managed more tag team champions than any other manager in wrestling history - I think it was eight different teams he managed to the belts - no one will ever match that the way wrestling is now.
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Aww man! RIP Lou! Goonies never say die!
that is so sad. he was one of my favorites.
Re: Who the hell cares – Lou was a great guy, but "pencil neck geek" was Freddie Blassie.
Re: ba-buttons – i hear ya man. dude's an amazing guy.
rip.
I grew up in Carmel with him. Captain Lou was an icon. He would shop at the local Shoprite, attend church and eat pizza with his fan. I hope they continue to play his commercials. He will be missed. "WOOO!"
RIP Captain Lou!!! :'(
Awwww RIP Captain Lou! He was truly an icon in the wrestling world!
I remember this guy, he was a good entertainer. 76 yrs is pretty good for a pro wrestler from that era. RIP CAP
1. Albano was a manger, not a Wrestler.
2. Nice "Copy and paste" verbatim plagiarism from the LA Times. "… was most popularly known to the non-wrestling world as Cyndi Lauper's father in the video for Girls Just Want to Have Fun."
You're a disgrace mario. I bet you love watching all those hot oily boys run around the ring in their speedos.
Oh,no! Captain Lou is gone too! I can't wait for 2009 to be over! RIP, you were the best.
So sad…rip Capt Lou.
awful as it sounds I loved him as a kid, he was awesome!
Cyndi is sad. R.I.P. Lou.
Very sad. I grew up watching him on both WWF and the Super Mario Brothers Supter Show.
He'll be missed R.I.P.
HEY YOU GUUUUUUUUYS!!!
Captain Lou, you brought so much joy to me as a kid, with your wrestling, your Cyndi Lauper appearances, and your role on the Super Mario Brothers Super Show. Glad you were able to have a long happy life. R.I.P. big guy
NOOOOO, CAPTAIN LOU…… BELIEVE IT OR NOT, HE USED TO OWN A PLACE IN MILLVILLE, DELAWARE….YEARS AGO…..HE WAS A GREAT GUY….DOWN TO EARTH…..YOU DON'T HEAR MUCH ABOUT THE GREAT PEOPLE…..JUST THE LOSERS ON REALITY SHOWS….PEACE, BROTHER….
RIP capt. Lou!!!!! you provided me and my family some great entertainment back in the day….