[Captain] Lou Albano passed away this morning. He was placed under hospice care earlier this week.
Albano was a "wild" wrestler and wrestling manager. He debuted as a wrestler in 1953, but later went onto manage other wrestlers instead, usually being crazier than the actual wrestlers in the ring. He also co-authored The Complete Idiot's Guide To Pro-Wrestling.
If you weren't really into wrestling in the 1980s, then you may know Albano as Cyndi Lauper's father in the music video for "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" or the totally awesome The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! where he played Mario from 1989 to...1989.
He was 76 and awesome.
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