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Adrian Adonis

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Adrian Adonis Famous memorial

Original Name
Keith A. Franke
Birth
Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA
Death
4 Jul 1988 (aged 34)
Lewisporte, Notre Dame Bay Census Division, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Burial
Bakersfield, Kern County, California, USA GPS-Latitude: 35.4064167, Longitude: -118.9891333
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Professional Wrestler. He was one of the popular members of the World Wresting Federation in the 1980s, partnering first with wrestler Jesse Ventura in a tag-team, then later with wrestler Texan Dick Murdoch. His persona during his tenure as a wrestler was first as a lether-jacket wearing motorbiker, then halfway through his career as "Adorable Adrian Adonis" attired in pink clothing, bleached hair, eye makeup and rouge. He died in a minivan accident in July 1988 in Lewisporte, Newfoundland, Canada that took the lives of two other wrestlers.
Professional Wrestler. He was one of the popular members of the World Wresting Federation in the 1980s, partnering first with wrestler Jesse Ventura in a tag-team, then later with wrestler Texan Dick Murdoch. His persona during his tenure as a wrestler was first as a lether-jacket wearing motorbiker, then halfway through his career as "Adorable Adrian Adonis" attired in pink clothing, bleached hair, eye makeup and rouge. He died in a minivan accident in July 1988 in Lewisporte, Newfoundland, Canada that took the lives of two other wrestlers.

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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Added: Nov 15, 2000
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18406/adrian-adonis: accessed ), memorial page for Adrian Adonis (15 Sep 1953–4 Jul 1988), Find a Grave Memorial ID 18406, citing Greenlawn Cemetery and Mortuary, Bakersfield, Kern County, California, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.