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September 01, 2008 12:00am

PROFESSIONAL wrestling legend Walter "Killer" Kowalski - one of the sport's early bad men and known for his stomach clutch - has died following a heart attack. He was 81.

Kowalski died at Whidden Hospital in Everett, Massachusetts, on Saturday - 12 days after his family decided to take him off life support. He had been in critical condition since his heart attack on August 8, wife Theresa Kowalski said.

An obituary posted at Weir Mac Cuish Family Funeral Home's Web site said Kowalski began his professional career in 1947. His 6-foot-7, 275-pound frame and a brutal wrestling style soon earned him the nickname "Killer."

He became known as a villain after severing part of Yukon Eric's ear during a match in Montreal in 1954.
He visited his opponent in the hospital and "the two men began laughing at how silly Eric's bandages looked. The reporter incorrectly printed that Killer was laughing at his victim and soon after, Killer quickly became wrestling's most renowned 'heel,'" according to the Web site.

Kowalski later became famous for various moves, including a stomach vice grip called the Killer Clutch. He retired in 1977, a year after he and Big John Studd captured the WWF Tag Team Championship as The Executioners.

He went on to open a wrestling school in Malden, where he trained many current stars including WWE's Triple H.

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/st...21,00.html
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09-02-2008 06:30 AM
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Hi okosh, welcome to Daily Talk forum, thanks for posting the news article, I think that Killer Kowalski was Canadian, so I will move this thread out of Aussie Talk and over to sports

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(09-03-2008 02:58 AM)Coffee Break Wrote:  Hi okosh, welcome to Daily Talk forum, thanks for posting the news article, I think that Killer Kowalski was Canadian, so I will move this thread out of Aussie Talk and over to sports

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Yes he was Canadian....He was also a huge star when he lived and wrestled here in the 60's & 70's....
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I was just reading up about him, Kowalski claimed to be the only vegetarian in professional wrestling and his signature move was the Killer Clutch (Vice grip applied to the opponent's stomach or the opponent's head)

Here are some links about Killer Kowalski

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_Kowalski

http://www.killerkowalskis.com/

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