Private for Mike
Kevin Gowen
http://tinyurl.com/dh98
Professional wrestler Freddie Blassie, who became a cult figure to fans by
playing the villain inside the ring during the 1950s and 1960s, has died. He
was 85.
Blassie died of heart failure June 2 in Hartsdale, N.Y., former wrestling
publicist Jeff Walton told the Los Angeles Times.
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Kevin Gowen
Michael Cash
<kgowen...@myfastmail.com> belched the alphabet and kept on going
with:
I don't think he ever wrestled out of Memphis. At least I don't
remember ever watching him when I was a kid.
A rasslin' death which *did* strike me sort of hard was that of Harold
Watanabe, a name almost no one will recognize.
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Michael Cash
"I am Elmer J. Fudd, millionaire. I own a mansion and a yacht."
Elmer J. Fudd
Millionaire
Michael Cash
<mike...@sunfield.ne.jp> belched the alphabet and kept on going with:
>On Mon, 9 Jun 2003 21:29:38 -0400, "Kevin Gowen"
><kgowen...@myfastmail.com> belched the alphabet and kept on going
>with:
>
>>You probably already knew this but...
>>http://tinyurl.com/dh98
>>
>>Professional wrestler Freddie Blassie, who became a cult figure to fans by
>>playing the villain inside the ring during the 1950s and 1960s, has died. He
>>was 85.
>>
>>Blassie died of heart failure June 2 in Hartsdale, N.Y., former wrestling
>>publicist Jeff Walton told the Los Angeles Times.
>
>I don't think he ever wrestled out of Memphis. At least I don't
>remember ever watching him when I was a kid.
>
>A rasslin' death which *did* strike me sort of hard was that of Harold
>Watanabe, a name almost no one will recognize.
Even nobody gives a shit, I"ll go ahead and point out that his
rasslin" name was "Tojo Yamamoto". Ring a bell?
Richard Thieme
Michael Cash <mike...@sunfield.ne.jp> wrote in message
news:qlhbevkqor7f9vp6u...@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 9 Jun 2003 21:29:38 -0400, "Kevin Gowen"
> <kgowen...@myfastmail.com> belched the alphabet and kept on going
> with:
>
> >You probably already knew this but...
> >http://tinyurl.com/dh98
> >
> >Professional wrestler Freddie Blassie, who became a cult figure to fans
by
> >playing the villain inside the ring during the 1950s and 1960s, has died.
He
> >was 85.
> >
> >Blassie died of heart failure June 2 in Hartsdale, N.Y., former wrestling
> >publicist Jeff Walton told the Los Angeles Times.
>
> I don't think he ever wrestled out of Memphis. At least I don't
> remember ever watching him when I was a kid.
This is a Japan based group.
Try
>
> A rasslin' death which *did* strike me sort of hard was that of Harold
> Watanabe, a name almost no one will recognize.
>
>
Actually Nick Gulas's demise seems even worse.
Nick Gulas
Nick Gulas’ health declined in the late 1980s and into the early 1990s. In
January 1991, Nick passed away. At one time, Nick Gulas had been one of the
most wealthy promoters in the wrestling business in the 1960s and 1970s.
Gulas and partner Roy Welch ran wrestling in cities such as Memphis,
Nashville, Chattanooga, Evansville, Louisville, Lexington, Jackson,
Tennessee, Birmingham, Huntsville and many other mid-sized cities for years
under the National Wrestling Alliance banner often drawing full houses.
After selling the remnants of his promotion in 1980, Nick and son, George,
would often run independent shows in Tennessee, Alabama and Kentucky to very
little sustained success. His failed ventures after his 1980 sell out teamed
with his poor health drained him of most of any resources he had left. Nick
’s health became so bad he had to be cared for in a state-run nursing
facility. It has been reported that George sold his father’s false teeth
for money prior to Nick’s passing. When he died, Nick Gulas was 76 years
old.
(page also makes me wonder (not too loudly!!!) who Jerry Jarrett's father
is)
Regards,
Richard Thieme