Lou Albano obituary

Bombastic American wrestler and actorThe appeal to teenagers of "Captain" Lou Albano, who has died aged 76, was a key factor in the ascent to the mainstream of the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in the 1980s. Albano's appearance as Cyndi Lauper's father in the video for her worldwide smash hit Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1983) was a sensation in the early days of the cable music channel MTV. Albano's cartoonish act later found its perfect home when he played one of the Super Mario Brothers on...

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