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Cyndi Lauper says that professional wrestler "Captain" Lou Albano took her up the music charts. The singer said Thursday that she was lucky to work with Albano on her music videos in the 1980s. The ...

Professional wrestler and sometime actor Captain Lou Albano died this morning at age 76. I never followed his career inside the ring, but like any kid who watched too much MTV in the ’80s, I was ...

NEW YORK ? Captain Lou Albano, who became one of the most recognized professional wrestlers of the 1980s after appearing in Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" music video, died Wednesday. He ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hulk Hogan, Mr. T, and Cyndi Lauper attend the 27th Grammy Awards in 1985. (Credit: Vinnie Zuffante/Getty Images) I remember the ...

He was "often imitated, never duplicated." Rightfully so, because the legendary Captain Lou Albano will always be one of a ...

WWE Hall of Famer “Captain” Lou Albano almost bowed out of playing Mario. Before Illumination and Nintendo teamed up for 2023’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie, pro wrestling collided with pop culture ...

LOS ANGELES - October 14, 2009 Albano, whose real name was Louis Vincent Albano, died in Westchester County in suburban New York, said Dawn Marie, founder of Wrestlers Rescue, an organization that ...

LOS ANGELES — Captain Lou Albano, the charismatic professional wrestler who appeared in Cyndi Lauper’s “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” video, has died. He was 76. World Wrestling Entertainment confirmed ...

The singer said Thursday that she was lucky to work with Albano on her music videos in the 1980s. The rambunctious showman and wrestler died Wednesday in New York of natural causes. Albano's fame ...