Death of Captain Lou Albano

January 29, 1933 - October 14, 2009
Mount Vernon, New York | Age 76

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STAMFORD -- The WWE is reporting that Captain Lou Albano has died at the age of 76.

Louis Vincent Albano is best known to fans of professional wrestling, where he was both a wrestler and manager in the 1980s.

He crossed over into other areas of entertainment, including a partnership with singer Cyndi Lauper, and was one of the reasons the initial Wrestlemania in 1985 was such a success.

Albano played Lauper's father in a handful of music videos, the most famous...

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