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Adrian Street wrestled for various wrestling promotions around the world, including in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Japan. He achieved success as both a singles wrestler and a tag team competitor. His charisma and entertaining antics made him a popular attraction, especially during the “Glam Rock” era in the 1970s.
Adrian Street was born on 5 December 1940, in Brynmawr, Gwent, Wales.
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Apart from his wrestling career, Adrian Street was also a skilled songwriter and musician. He wrote and performed his own entrance theme, “Imagine What I Could Do to You.”
After retiring from active wrestling competition, Adrian Street became a wrestling trainer and occasionally made appearances at wrestling events.
In 2005, Street proposed to long-time manager Miss Linda at a reunion of the Cauliflower Alley Club. Don Leo Jonathan was his best man at the wedding.
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Street died at Grange University Hospital in Cwmbran, on 24 July 2023, at the age of 82. The cause of death was sepsis which had developed from a bout of colitis.
Adrian Street Wife: Meet Miss Linda
Miss Linda is a retired British female professional wrestler, best known as the valet/manager and wife of Adrian Street.
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Street met his future manager and wife, Linda Gunthorpe Hawker, in 1969. Throughout the 1970s, Linda competed in wrestling matches in Britain under the name Blackfoot Sue. In America, Miss Linda and Street teamed up to become a double-act in professional wrestling. Miss Linda was one of the pioneering female valets and often assisted Street in his in-ring antics.
Street and Linda made their North American debut in 1981.
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