31 July 2023<\/time>\n<\/p>\nWrestling icon Adrian Street has died aged 82.<\/p>\n
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Adrian Street has died<\/p>\n
The Welsh sportsman – who was nicknamed “the sadist in sequins” – passed away on Monday (31.07.23) at Grange University Hospital in Cwmbran after recently undergoing brain surgery, his family have confirmed.<\/p>\n
Adrian’s wife Linda hailed the late wrestler as “the kindest, most loving man you could ever meet.”<\/p>\n
The 77 year old, who was also a wrestler in the 1960s, told BBC Wales: “He’d had a heart problem a while ago which was resolved.<\/p>\n
“But then he had a stroke earlier this month which resulted in a bleed on the brain.<\/p>\n
\n“He was recovering from that at home when he developed colitis – a chronic inflammatory bowel disease – which later turned into sepsis. That’s what killed him.<\/p>\n
\n“It all came about so quick. I’ve still not come to terms with it yet.<\/p>\n
\n“[He was] the kindest, most lovely and loving man I’ve ever known. The total opposite to how he behaved on stage.”<\/p>\n
\nLinda plans to have Adrian cremated and will scatter his ashes on the mountains near their Cwmbran home.<\/p>\n
\nAdrian ran away to London in his mid-teens and signed up with a wrestling promoter, who gave him the ring name Kid Tarzan Jonathan.<\/p>\n
\nHe later reverted back to his own name and set himself apart from other wrestlers with his flamboyant attire, which typically included dayglo face paint, a feather boa and his peroxide hair tied in pigtails.<\/p>\n
\nMocking made him behave more outrageously, skipping around the ring and covering his opponents in lipstick kisses.<\/p>\n
\nFamously, in 1971, Adrian left disgraced late broadcaster Jimmy Savile battered and bruised when he dropped him on his head and tore out a chunk of his hair, later claiming he’d ignored requests to “throw” the match.<\/p>\n
\nHe said in 2013: “Back in those days the promoters were trying to get proper wrestlers to throw their matches with him – it was all part of some big stupid gimmick.”<\/p>\n
\nThe wrestler made a bigger name for himself when he moved to the US and Canada in the 1980s, eventually settling in Florida with Linda, who served as his business manager. The couple – who met in 1969 – set up The Bizarre Bazaar, a costume-making business and their own grappling school, Skull Krushers Academy.<\/p>\n
\nIn later years, the couple moved back to Wales and in 2019, ‘You May Be Pretty, But I Am Beautiful’, a film about Adrian’s life was released.<\/p>\n
\nHe also recorded an album and wrote a number of autobiographies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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