Lou Albano

Louis Vincent Albano (July 29, 1933 – October 14, 2009), was a WWE Hall of Fame wrestler-turned-manager and character actor who played the voice of Mario on The Super Mario Bros. Super Show, and played him in the live-action segment as well.
Lou Albano was born in Rome, Italy in July 29, 1933. His family moved to the United States of America preceding his birth. In his adolescence, Albano enjoyed playing football, and after high school, he joined the U.S. Army. At the end of his military career, he was introduced to professional wrestling. He began working in a tag team called the Sicilians, but he got put right off after people started to throw rocks and snowballs at him.
Another contributing factor is that the Mafia members harassed the Sicilians, and demanded that they dissolve because their gig was being too resemblant of the actual Mafia. In addition, he broke his back twice, resulting in him quitting.
==Later life==
He went to work as a manager, adding 'Captain' to his name. He managed The Headshrinkers and WWF/E Hall of Famer, the late Andre the Giant and he even had a collaboration with Cyndi Lauper, having made appearances in her music video, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.
His collaboration with Cyndi Lauper didn't stop there, however. Albano and Lauper went on to appear in ”Captain Lou Is Missing", the sixth-fourth live-action segment of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show. In the segment, Lauper stops by at the Mario Brothers Plumbing basement and tells the story of how she and Albano were to be going on a picnic, but instead found nothing but rubber bands for his beard and a note that read, "Dear Cyndi, I'm sorry that I'm not here but I've gone for good".
Lauper formed a search party with many volunteers and search teams around the world. However, this turned out to be a failure since no one could find him. When Mario went out to buy some pizza, Albano showed up - the fliers had redirected him all the way to Mario Brothers Plumbing - and explained that he had ripped the note out incorrectly. The full note would’ve said, "Dear Cyndi, I’m sorry that I’m not here but I've gone for good fried chicken. Back in an hour.".
Lauper then introduced Albano to Luigi, who was ecstatic regarding the meeting. His excitement would have hit the roof had Mario been there to be introduced to Albano since he is Albano's biggest fan, and Luigi worked out that Mario would have been overjoyed to meet him.
Albano didn't further his career in the Mario franchise. However, he did a cameo as the Gondolier during the The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 episode "The Venice Menace".
In 1996, Albano was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.
==Death==
Albano died from a heart attack in 2009 after having been under a long period of hospital care. His death was mourned by many Mario fans.
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