Off-Topic: Wrestler, icon 'Captain' Lou Albano dies

"Captain" Lou Albano, whose career as a wrestler, wrestling manager and pop culture icon spanned six decades, died Wednesday at his home in upstate Carmel. The colorful loudmouth, who starred as Cyndi Lauper's father in the music video for "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun," was 76. He died of natural causes.

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I was disappointed to learn that he wasn't really Cyndi Lauper's father.

RIP, Captain Lou. You were a much better Mario than Bob Hoskins.

"He's definitely mixing it into his repertoire. That's French for 'repertoire' " - Keith Hernandez

by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Oct 15, 2009 12:50 PM EDT reply actions

Captain Lou

NRBQ did a song Captain Lou, and Captain Lou and NRBQ did it on The Uncle Floyd show once. Musta been 20-25 years ago now.

by wobatus on Oct 15, 2009 2:46 PM EDT reply actions

That guy was crazy.

RIP, big man.

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on Oct 15, 2009 8:06 PM EDT reply actions

O Captain, my Captain

I watched him all the way from the salad days of the WWF to his work in local Westchester cable tire shop ads. (“I need a Kumho tire! I don’t know what that is!”) Fare thee well, sir.

phliadelphoe ite domum!

by Doc Manhattan on Oct 15, 2009 11:07 PM EDT reply actions