Category: Celebrity News Author : Kim LaCapria Posted: October 14, 2009
Tags : captain lou albano, celebrity deaths, lou albino, sad, the 80s, wrestling, wwf
Pro wrestler Captain Lou Alban0- born Louis Vincent Albano- died this morning at the age of 76.
If you’re not a wrestling fan, you may remember Captain Lou Albano from Cyndi Lauper’s videos in the 1980s, including the huge hit “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.” Albano also played Lauper’s father in a Goonies tie in video, “Time after Time,” and “She Bop.” He was well-known outside the world of professional wrestling and frequently crossed over to work on TV and in films.
Albano had apparently been ill for some time, and was placed under hospice care earlier this week after being released from the hospital. No cause of death has been disclosed.
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Jan 29, 2010
Captain Lou lived in my home town (Mahopac, NY) and pretty much did every local commercial in the town. There were some really great ones – picture Captain Lou screaming about how China Palace had the best Chinese food in town while the owner gets nervous next to him (probably didn’t know what he was in for), or yelling about how this place is the best auto body shop in town (“Come on down! Whoo!!), and so on. You’d see him at the supermarket every now and again, always with his rubber bands in his beard.
You’ll be missed, Captain Lou! Who will pitch the local commercials now?
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