Killer Kowalski

[Donna Halper]

I don't know if any of you grew up watching professional wrestling, 
before it devolved into the vulgar spectacle of today, but it used to 
actually have some skill and some showmanship.  Yeah it was fake, but 
lots of us baby boomers enjoyed watching it, and one of the biggest 
and best "bad guys" was Walter "Killer" Kowalski. After he retired 
from actively being a wrestler, he ran a successful wrestling school 
here in Massachusetts, and trained a number of stars.

I am sad to report that Killer Kowalski just passed away today, at 
the age of 81.  I visited him several weeks ago and he looked and 
sounded great.  But he had a massive heart attack recently and never 
recovered.  May he rest in peace-- he entertained millions of fans 
for over 50 years.