Adrian Adonis

Adrian Adonis was an American professional wrestler, born Keith Adonis Franke on September 15, 1953, who died on July 4, 1988. He worked mainly for the American Wrestling Association and the World Wrestling Federation during the 1980s, debuting in 1974 under his real name before adopting the Adrian Adonis name in the late 1970s. In the AWA he teamed with Jesse Ventura as the East-West Connection and won the AWA World Tag Team Championship; in the WWF he teamed with Dick Murdoch as the North-South Connection and won the WWF Tag Team Championship. In 1986 he changed to an effeminate, flamboyant character in pink clothing and garish makeup as Adorable Adrian Adonis, feuding with Roddy Piper in a hair versus hair match at WrestleMania III. He died in a car accident in 1988.