Lou Albano

Louis Vincent Albano, known as "Captain" Lou Albano, lived from July 29, 1933 to October 14, 2009 and was an Italian-American professional wrestler, manager and actor. He wrestled from 1953 until 1969 and then worked as a manager until 1996, a career of 42 years in all. As a manager he guided 15 tag teams and three singles wrestlers to championships, among them the Valiant Brothers, the Wild Samoans, the Moondogs and later the British Bulldogs. He was one of the Triumvirate of Terror of WWF managers, and his collaboration with Cyndi Lauper helped bring wrestling to a mainstream audience. He is also remembered as Mario in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!.