RIP Kamala

[TheSportsPredictor]

WWE Legend Kamala Passes Away

Had some classic matches with Andre the (non-Ugandan) Giant.

 

[Regan MacNeil]

 

[SFIND]

Well, I just learned something new. Not the Kamala Harris I thought. She must have heard a ton of jokes about James Harris' wrestling alter ego.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

I see what you did there with the thread title.

Ad for the wrestler, he was a super entertaining character who had a rough past few years with his health. RIP.

 

[Batman]

*Kamala

And perhaps the most amazing thing about him is that he managed to use the Kamala gimmick for almost 30 years without anyone making a fuss about how insanely racist it was.

 

[Splendid Splinter]

When I tried to give wrestling another chance Kamala sure made it interesting.

 

[Batman]

I mentioned this in the other Kamala thread, but there's a very good reason Kamala will forever remain an "out there and unique" character.

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

My uncle was a big Elks Club guy and I think I witnessed Kamala's Mid-South debut sitting at their bar at the age of 14.

 

[PCLoadLetter]

I did not realize until just now that Kamala's real last name was Harris.

 

[The Big Ragu]

FYI, I screwed up the merging of the two threads. All the replies are here, but mixed up. I think this was Regan MacNeil's thread title.

 

[Flip Wilson]

Jason King from Bleacher Report (and formerly of ESPN, Yahoo! Sports and the Kansas City Star) befriended Kamala in the last few years, and he's set up a GoFundMe to help with funeral expenses. Mrs. Kamala was her husband's fulltime caregiver for the last 10 years and hasn't been able to work. There's also a 7-minute video in this link produced by Bleacher Report, The Rise and Fall of Kamala. It's touching. He seemed like such a good guy.

Kamala funeral expenses, general help for family organized by Jason King

 

[Songbird]

Huge part of my '80s. This is a bit tear jerky.

 

[Flip Wilson]

Jason King from Bleacher Report (and formerly of ESPN, Yahoo! Sports and the Kansas City Star) befriended Kamala in the last few years, and he's set up a GoFundMe to help with funeral expenses. Mrs. Kamala was her husband's fulltime caregiver for the last 10 years and hasn't been able to work. There's also a 7-minute video in this link produced by Bleacher Report, The Rise and Fall of Kamala. It's touching. He seemed like such a good guy.

Kamala funeral expenses, general help for family organized by Jason King

The GoFundMe has raised more than $23,000 of its $25,000 goal.

Lots of folks seem to have good memories of Kamala.