'Sailor' Ed White; 56, Pro Wrestler "Moondog Spot"
Ed Varner
Sailor Ed White, who wrestled all over the world, most well known in
Eastern Canada and South Africa, passed away at the age of 56. He was
WWF tag team champion as one of the original Moondogs with Randy
Culley, until being caught with drugs at the Canadian border made it so
he couldn't return to the U.S.
allenk...@hotmail.com
-- He was actually Moondog King. Moondog Spot was the moniker of Larry
Latham, who passed away a couple of years ago.
Sad to hear, though. He made for one great heel back in the day, with
his yellow-tinged skin, scraggly white hair, below-par bridgework,
tattoos and girth. (As Montreal play-by-play announcer Milt Avruskin
used to say, he was 'crude, rude and ignorant').
Saw him on TV a few short years ago, as he had become involved with a
fringe New Brunswick party that blended politics and wrestling. He
looked remarkably well, as compared to his heyday, with a (somewhat)
slimmed down figure and closely cropped brown hair.
--
Allen
Corby Gilmore
I have corrected the header. "Moondog Spot", who replaced White's
"Moondog King" character, was played by the late Larry Latham. Latham
passed away earlier this year of a heart attack in Memphis while actually
in the ring wrestling as "Moondog Spot". He was part of a tag-team match
for Jerry Lawler's regional promotion. They were re-creating a famous
match from some 15-20 years ago, where the match spills out of the ring
and winds up obliterating a concession stand specially set up for it,
complete with mustard, ketchup, relish, soft drinks etc. Latham was in the
ring waiting to tag in when he collapsed and died. Latham was the cousin
and frequent former tag-team partner of Wayne Farris, who may be better
known to some of you wrestling fans out there as "The Honky Tonk Man".
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Corby Gilmore
co...@ncf.ca
Ed Varner
The incorrect header was my mistake. The Wrestling Observer reported
that White was "Moondog King". The article mentioned that Larry Latham
replaced him as "Moondog Spot".
The "Moondog", I am most familiar with is Lonnie Mayne, a very popular
wrestler on the west coast in the 60s and 70s, whose life was cut short
by an automobile accident in the late 70s.
Ed
Ed Varner
Ed "Sailor" White, who is probably best remembered as one of the
original Moondogs, has passed away in Canada. He was 56. White started
wrestling in eastern Ontario in 1972. He chose the Sailor moniker
because he had previously worked on ships and it reflected his
Newfoundland heritage. He developed his heel character while wrestling
in Japan and South Africa after training with Gene Kiniski in
Vancouver.
White went on to wrestle for the WWF as Moondog King and won the tag
titles with Moondog Rex (Randy Colley) in 1981. He left the federation
a
short time later when he was caught with drugs at the Canadian border
and couldn't return to the U.S. He was replaced by the late Larry
Booker
a/k/a/ Moondog Spot who with Colley took the gimmick to Memphis. White
announced he was quitting the ring in 1999 after Bell's palsy paralyzed
the left side of his face. He was also a diabetic and had suffered
several heart attacks. White struggled during his life with
self-destructive behaviour although in later years he became a
born-again christian. He worked as a drink and drugs counsellor for
young people before his death.
H Glazer
Corby Gilmore <ai...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA> wrote in message
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>
> "Ed Varner" (Ed.V...@gmail.com) writes:
> > from the wrestling observer:
> >
> > Sailor Ed White, who wrestled all over the world, most well known in
> > Eastern Canada and South Africa, passed away at the age of 56. He was
> > WWF tag team champion as one of the original Moondogs with Randy
> > Culley, until being caught with drugs at the Canadian border made it so
> > he couldn't return to the U.S.
>
>
> I have corrected the header. "Moondog Spot", who replaced White's
> "Moondog King" character, was played by the late Larry Latham. Latham
> passed away earlier this year of a heart attack in Memphis while actually
> in the ring wrestling as "Moondog Spot". He was part of a tag-team match
> for Jerry Lawler's regional promotion. They were re-creating a famous
> match from some 15-20 years ago, where the match spills out of the ring
> and winds up obliterating a concession stand specially set up for it,
> complete with mustard, ketchup, relish, soft drinks etc.
Wouldn't a concession stand ordinarily have all that stuff? How was the
Tupelo stand "specially set up"?
Howard
Corby Gilmore
The stand was set up near the wrestlers entrance to the ringside area,
and was not accessible to the general public.
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Corby Gilmore
co...@ncf.ca
King Daevid MacKenzie
>>> I have corrected the header. "Moondog Spot", who replaced White's
>>>"Moondog King" character, was played by the late Larry Latham. Latham
>>>passed away earlier this year of a heart attack in Memphis while actually
>>>in the ring wrestling as "Moondog Spot". He was part of a tag-team match
>>>for Jerry Lawler's regional promotion. They were re-creating a famous
>>>match from some 15-20 years ago, where the match spills out of the ring
>>>and winds up obliterating a concession stand specially set up for it,
>>>complete with mustard, ketchup, relish, soft drinks etc.
>>
>>Wouldn't a concession stand ordinarily have all that stuff? How was the
>>Tupelo stand "specially set up"?
>
>
>
> The stand was set up near the wrestlers entrance to the ringside area,
> and was not accessible to the general public.
...and a TV camera was placed near it to capture the action, at a
position in the Mid-South Coliseum where the cameras would not normally
be positioned...
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King Daevid MacKenzie, WLSU-FM 88.9 La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
heard weekdays at http://whiterosesociety.org
"There is Christian and there is Elvis-from-the-waist-up Christian."
JAMES NEIBAUR
Ed Varner
Photos of Ed White as "Moondog King" and "Sailor Ed White", along with
a bio and career highlights:
http://www.obsessedwithwrestling.com/profiles/s/sailor-white.html
Ed