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youtube.com - 10/14/2009

NRBQ - Captain Lou (video)

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RIP Captain LouNRBQ and Captain Lou Albano star in the video for the hit record "Captain Lou."

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latimesblogs.latimes.com - 10/14/2009

Captain Lou Albano dead at 76

— latimesblogs.latimes.com — Legendary pro wrestling manager Captain Lou Albano died this morning, MTV.com is reporting. Albano, who was sent home from the hospital earlier this week and place under hospice care, was 76 years old. Albano is best known to non-wrestling fans... Captain Lou Albano dead at 76

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youtube.com - 10/14/2009

Captain Lou Albano - WGBS Philly 57 "Just Say No" Drugs PSA (video)

— youtube.com — Captain Lou - in partial Mario getup - implores kids not to use drugs. It's a very passionate and strong speech that seems like it was recorded in a spare r... Captain Lou Albano - WGBS Philly 57 "Just Say ...

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Mario

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gunaxin.com - 10/16/2009

A Tribute to ‘Captain’ Lou Albano

— gunaxin.com — A Tribute to ‘Captain’ Lou Albano A Tribute to ‘Captain’ Lou Albano

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Captain Lou Albano - R.I.P.
TV RSS Feed: UGO — [image] Captain Lou Albano. What to say? Over forty years in the great sport. First, he was a grappler who achieved mid-card success, but to many a generation he embodied the now lost art of the manager. Extremely charismatic, despite his unusual appearance, he mastered the role of the antagonistic manager who could help elevate talent to levels they might not have reached otherwise. He was a monster heat magnet. Hated throughout the 60 s and 70 s Captain Lou changed the face of wrestling in 1971 when he led The Russian Bear Ivan Koloff to the WWWF Championship, ending the epic reign of Albano s bitter rival, Bruno Sammartino. Not only ...

Captain Lou Albano, R.I.P.
Idolator: Music News, Reviews, And Gossip — Captain Lou Albano, the wrestling star who brought the World Wrestling Federation and the music industry together with his creation of the Rock N’ Wrestling Connection in the 1980s, passed away today after a long illness. Albano’s connection to the music industry began ...

News in Brief: Captain Lou Albano, Citay, Jookabox, Fog Rising
Pitchfork: Latest News — -- CNN reports that the charismatically loony pro wrestling figure Captain Lou Albano has died of undisclosed causes at age 76. Though he was a superstar on the wrestling circuit, wrestling for the WWE from 1983 to 1996, he is most famous for playing Cyndi Lauper's dad in the iconic "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" video. (He also played Mario on "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show".) Hopefully they'll play this at his funeral. -- The Cali psych band Citay isn't exactly the first group you'd expect to drop a remix album, but there's one on the way, ...

R.I.P. Captain Lou Albano, Wrestler, Pop Culture Icon, Awesome NRBQ Song...
The Daily Swarm — NY Daily News: Captain Lou Albano, the crazed and charismatic wrestling icon who played Cyndi Lauper’s dad in her “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” video, has died. He was 76…But Albano’s success transcended the ring and catapulted the Captain into pop ...