'LEAPING' LARRY CHENE
I met Larry Chene in Michigan when he was wrestling with Burt Ruby's wrestlers based in Detroit. In those days Dick the bruiser and the Sheik were top draws and of course so was Larry Chene. Larry died in a car accident. I reveal some of... [more]
I met Larry Chene in Michigan when he was wrestling with Burt Ruby's wrestlers based in Detroit. In those days Dick the bruiser and the Sheik were top draws and of course so was Larry Chene. Larry died in a car accident. I reveal some of their secrets.
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Originally uploaded by Bill Dakota. Leaping Larry Chene -friend and teacher. A&E cable television aired a special on the history of wrestling. Although it proved wrestling is a show, many of the wrestling secrets weren't revealed. I always liked to watch wrestling matches and I guess it was like show-business to me. When I was eleven or twelve my Uncle Charles Spivey used to take me to the ARENA, which was a small brick building in the north end of Flint, to see...
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THE SHEIK (Ed Farhad) from East Lansing, Michigan
They said he was from the Far East. It was East Lansing - smile. He and "Dick the Bruiser" were the best entertainers.
