The wrestler and manager was a pop-culture visionary who merged the worlds of wrestling and music. By Kyle Anderson Captain Lou Albano and Cyndi Lauper in 1987 Photo: Ron Galella/ Getty Images Professional wrestling fans the world over are mourning the passing of Captain Lou Albano . Though he was beloved among wrestling fans as an in-ring entertainer in various roles as a wrestler, manager and announcer, his main claim to crossover fame was as an ambassador who bridged the world of music and wrestling — a relationship that helped Vince McMahon’s WWF to become a dominant national force in the 1980s and solidified Albano’s place on the pop culture map
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Captain Lou Albano And MTV: A History
