Captain Lou Albano Dies / Captain Lou Albano Dies at 76

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Captain Lou Albano Dies – A professional wrestler and pop culture icon, Captain Lou Albano Dies at 76. Louis Vincent Albano, known by his ring name, Captain Lou Albano, was at home with his family at the time of his death on Wednesday.

He began his wrestling career in 1953 after briefly attending the University of Tennessee on a football scholarship. He left school to join the Army, and met two WWF wrestlers while working as a bar bouncer in Canada. Captain Lou Albano, credited with creating the first “Wrestlemania” in 1985.

Captain Lou Albino is known for his signature rubber-banded beard and wild hairstyle, was a star amid the height of the Wrestlemania era that included “Hulkamania” madness. That culminated in a cartoon Hulk Hogan’s Rock n’ Wrestling, where he voiced himself.

He is also noted for his stints as Cyndi Lauper’s dad in her iconic video “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” and as Mario in the popular cartoon show Super Mario Bros. Super Show.

In 2008, Albano released his autobiography, “Often Imitated, Never Duplicated,” with the foreword written by Lauper.

As Captain Lou Albano Dies, leaving behind a legacy of Cyndi Lauper videos

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