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A friend of mine has a great picture of himself at about that age with Andre's humongous hand on top of his head. But, I'll be honest, at that age, I thought t
by flomo 11y ago
A friend of mine has a great picture of himself at about that age with Andre's humongous hand on top of his head.
But, I'll be honest, at that age, I thought the guy was a slob and not a good professional wrestler. (And even then, everyone knew it was 'fake'.) I gather when New York rented him out to the territories, he didn't work very hard. There is a great examination of the Giant in "Modern Drunkard Magazine".
http://www.drunkard.com/issues/10_06/10_06_andre_giant.html http://www.drunkard.com/issues/10_06/10_06_andre_giant.html
- baldfat 11y ago> The key to Andre the Giant is this — even as a youth he knew that his disease would dramatically shorten his life. He knew there was no cure, and lived every day with the understanding that death could shamble around the very next corner. Knowledge of this sort can darken a life.