Fred Blassie (February 8, 1918 – June 2, 2003) was an American professional wrestler born in St. Louis, Missouri and 1994 WWF Hall of Fame inductee who was a popular wrestling villain. Based on his success, Blassie was brought back to Los Angeles, California by promoter Jules Strongbow. February 8 is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 2 June is the 153rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (154th in leap years), with 212 days remaining. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Professional wrestling is a form of performance entertainment where the participants engage in simulated sporting matches. ... The Gateway Arch, shown here behind the Old Courthouse, is the most recognizable part of the St. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... The WWE Hall of Fame is a group of noteworthy former professional wrestlers and other performers and employees of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) during its existence. ... In professional wrestling, a heel is a character who is portrayed as behaving in an immoral manner; sometimes they are humourously referred to as evil. In non-wrestling jargon, heels are often bad guys in professional wrestling storylines. ... Griffith Observatory and the Downtown Los Angeles skyline. ...

Career

Blassie made his professional wrestling debut in 1935 after training with Billy Hanson. His first match was against Don McIntyre in Birmingham, Alabama for the NWA Southern Heavyweight Title on his 36th birthday. As he became one of NWA's top wrestlers, Blassie bleached his hair and adopted his trademark rulebreaking style. In Japan, his penchant for drawing blood earned him the nickname "The Vampire" because he had filed down his teeth to sharp points so he could cause bloody massacres. Every time the fans saw him, they would run away in terror. 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Birmingham is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alabama and the county seat of Jefferson County. ... A birthday is the date on which a person was born. ... The National Wrestling Alliance is a group of independent professional wrestling promotions, in operation since 1948. ... In chemistry, to bleach something generally means to whiten it or oxidize it. ... Long braided hair Hair is the filamentous outgrowth of the epidermis found in mammals. ... Red blood cells (erythrocytes) are present in the blood and help carry oxygen to the rest of the cells in the body Blood is a circulating tissue composed of fluid plasma and cells (red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets). ... A nickname is a short, clever, cute, derogatory, or otherwise substitute name for a person or things real name (for example, Nick is short for Nicholas). ... It has been proposed that History of vampire lore be merged and redirected into this article. ... An atrocity (from the Latin atrox, atrocious, from Latin ater = matte black (as distinct from niger = shiny black)) is a term used to describe crimes ranging from an act committed against a single person to one committed against a population or ethnic group. ...

Blassie had been wrestling many competitors like The Destroyer (Dick Beyer), Bearcat Wright, Mr. Moto, Mil Mascaras, Bobo Brazil, to name but a scant few. The "Blassie Cage" matches then flourished. The best remembered moment in his life is his legendary feud with John "The Golden Greek" Tolos, which dates back 4 decades, and set new levels for violence in the wrestling ring. Aaron Rodríguez (born July 15, 1942), best known as Mil Mascaras (meaning Man of a Thousand Masks in Spanish), is a Mexican professional wrestler born in San Luis Potosí. Mascaras made his wrestling debut in April of 1965 in Guadalajara, Mexico. ... A professional wrestling feud is a staged disagreement between two wrestlers or factions of wrestlers over a purported slight or insult. ... This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ...

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With his recording of the song "Pencil Neck Geek" and the bizarre film My Breakfast with Blassie (co-starring comedian Andy Kaufman), he maintained a devoted cult following, which was only heightened by his wrestling appearances throughout the 1980s in the World Wrestling Federation. Even after he retired as an active performer in 1986, Blassie was still one of the most popular wrestling personalities in the world. A comedian (also comedienne, female) is a person who attempts to make people laugh through a variety of methods, normally through joke telling, or a stream of funny banter. ... Andrew Geoffrey Kaufman (January 17, 1949 – May 16, 1984) was a New York-born American self-described song and dance man. ... In religion and sociology, a cult is a group of people (often a new religious movement) devoted to beliefs and goals which may be contradictory to those held by the majority of society. ... Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... World Wrestling Entertainment, or WWE, is a professional wrestling organization. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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Before his death, he released his autobiography, Listen, You Pencil Neck Geeks. Even as his life was ending, he was still involved in wrestling. His last appearance on WWE television was six weeks before his death, when he came out to ringside in his wheelchair and participated in a storyline with the Dudley Boyz, climaxing his appearance by telling the Dudleys to "get the tables!" Death is either the cessation of life in a living organism or the state of the organism after that event. ... Autobiography (from the Greek auton, self, bios, life and graphein, write) is biography, the writing of a life story, from the viewpoint of the subject. ... L to R: Sign Guy, Bubba Ray, Big Dick & DVon Dudley & Joel Gertner The Dudley Boyz, Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley, are one the most successful tag teams in wrestling history. ...

He died on June 2, 2003 from heart and kidney trouble. He is survived by his wife Miyaka. From "The Hollywood Fashion Plate" and "The King of Men" to "The Vampire" and just plain "Classy" Freddie Blassie, he will always be remembered by fans. 2 June is the 153rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (154th in leap years), with 212 days remaining. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The heart (Latin cor) is a hollow, muscular organ that pumps blood through the blood vessels by repeated, rhythmic contractions. ... Kidneys viewed from behind with spine removed The kidneys are bean-shaped excretory organs in vertebrates. ... For other uses, see Hollywood (disambiguation) Greetings from Hollywood Hollywood is a district of the City of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., that runs from about Vermont Avenue on the east to just beyond Laurel Canyon Boulevard above Sunset and Crescent Heights Boulevards on the west; the north to... A fashion consists of a current (constantly changing) trend, favoured for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons. ...

The arrangements for his funeral were as follows: Underwater funeral in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea A funeral is a ceremony marking a persons death. ...

• Viewing: June 5, Balland Durand Funeral Home, White Plains, New York
• Services: June 6, Hitchcock Presbyterian Church, Scarsdale, New York

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Championships/Accomplishments

• 2-Time NWA World Tag Team Champion (Georgia version) (with Bill Blassie)
• 1-Time NWA World Tag Team Champion (Florida version) (with Tarzan Tyler)
• 1-Time NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion