Pedro Morales, 76, First To Win Three Major Wrestling Titles, Dies

DANIEL E. SLOTNIK, New York Times: Obituaries
Wed, 02/13/2019 - 5:39pm

A hard-punching star of the 1970s and ’80s, he was known as much for his kindness outside the ring as for his ferocity within it.

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