\u0027[He was] the kindest, most lovely and loving man I\u0027ve ever known. The total opposite to how he behaved on stage.\u0027
His widow plans to have Street cremated and will scatter his ashes on the mountains near their Cwmbran home.
He later reverted back to his own name and set himself apart from other wrestlers with his flamboyant attire, which typically included dayglo face paint, a feather boa and his peroxide hair tied in pigtails. Famously, in 1971, Street left disgraced late broadcaster Jimmy Savile battered and bruised when he dropped him on his head and tore out a chunk of his hair, later claiming he’d ignored requests to “throw” the match.Article content
The wrestler made a bigger name for himself when he moved to the U.S. and Canada in the 1980s, eventually settling in Florida with Linda, who served as his business manager.
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