herbiehancock

I wanted to acknowledge the passing of Dr. Death Steve Williams. He died of throat cancer after a pretty long battle with it and after a 27 year long professional wrestling career that spanned the globe. While I was not a huge fan as a kid due to somewhat lack of exposure for me personally watching in NWA and WWF, (he was bigger in the UWF) I did become a fan of his rough mixed with amateur style later in my tape days viewing matches from his U.S. stuff but particularly his matches in Japan. Another wrestling legend gone way too early.

I've just heard Captain Lou Albano has died this morning in hospice at the age of 76. He wrestled some, but was best known as being a loud mouthed manager. And a damn entertaining one at that. Fans of WWF wrestling in the 1980s surely remember him. You may also remember him from the Cindy Lauper video for Girls Just Wanna Have Fun http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdAYDL8CJy8 Or as Mario in the Super Mario Bros Super Show! Check out those moves You'll be missed, Captain.