If ever I to the moment shall say: Beautiful moment, do not pass away! Then you may forge your chains to bind me, Then I will put my life behind me, Then let them hear my death-knell toll, Then from your labors you’ll be free, The clock may stop, the clock-hands fall, And time come…
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Fly the flags at half-staff in Pawhuska, Oklahoma… Chief Jay Strongbow passed away.
I just received word that a guy named Joe Scarpa died. Joe Scarpa I never knew. But I did know who Joe Scarpa was. Joe Scarpa played the role of professional wrestler Chief Jay Strongbow, a full-blooded Native American from Pawhuska, Oklahoma. Strongbow was one of the top “babyfaces” (good guys) in what was then…
Read MoreRest in peace, “Macho Man” Randy Savage
I grew up watching professional wrestling.ย My heroes were Bruno Sammartino and Bob Backlund, Chief Jay Strongbow and Haystacks Calhoun.ย These were the larger-than-life heroes who battled the evil Stan “The Man” Stasiak, Professor Toru Tanaka, Greg “The Hammer” Valentine and Bulldog Brower.ย My earliest exposure to professional wrestling was as a kid, watching the…
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