Angelo Poffo, father to “Macho Man” Randy Savage and “The Genius” Lanny Poffo passed away in his sleep Thursday morning at the age of 84.
A veteran of the US Navy, Poffo began his professional wrestling career in 1948 and held the world record for most sit ups with 6,033.
He worked under the name of the Masked Miser as well as the Carpet Bagger.
He is perhaps best known for running International Championship Wrestling for years in the southern states where they had a promotional war with Jerry Lawler and Jarry Jarrett’s Memphis territory.
In 1995 Poffo was inducted into the WCW Hall of Fame.
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