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Thanks to DOMINICK VALENTI for passing this along:

“‘THE GOLDEN GREEK’ JOHN TOLOS PASSED AWAY EARLIER TODAY IN THE HOSPITAL JOHN TOLOS WAS 78 YEARS OLD. I BELIEVED HE LIVED IN CANADA & HIS EX-WIFE & SON LIVED IN CALIFORNIA. JOHN TOLOS WAS 1/2 OF THE GREEK WRECKING CREW WITH HIS BROTHER CHRIS TOLOS WHO IS DECEASED. MY FIRST KNOWLEDGE OF JOHN TOLOS SOMETIMES CALLED THE MANIAC JOHN TOLOS WAS FOR THE LA BELLE’S IN LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA HAVE A LONG STANDING FEUD WITH ARCH ENEMY “EL RUBIO” FREDDIE BLASSIE WHO WAS SOMETIMES CALLED THE VAMPIRE FOR SHARPENING HIS TEETH. TOLOS WAS A HOUSEHOLD NAME IN CALIFORNIA FEUDED WITH ALL THE FAN FAVORITES, TOLOS ALWAYS PLAYED THE HEEL, BUT OUTSIDE THE RING WAS ONE OF THE NICEST GUYS YOU’D WANT TO MEET. TOLOS FEUDED ALOT WITH RAUL MATA AS WELL AS OTHER LATINOS WHO WERE FAN FAVORITES. FRED BLASSIE WAS LONG GONE FROM THE LA BELLE’S WHEN JOHN TOLOS HAD BIG PROBLEMS WITH THE MASKED INFERNOS & HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO CALL SOMEONE WHO HE KNEW WOULD BE BY HIS SIDE & CALLED BLASSIE & THEY INDEED BEAT THE INFERNOS. I REMEMBER TOLOS BEING ON A TIRADE IN LOS ANGELES & JIMMY LENNON THE RING ANNOUNCER SAID, “HE WANT’S TO BE IN EVERY MATCH, THE MANIAC TOLOS” & HE’D BE ON TV BEATING 2 OR 3 GUYS IN 1 TAPING. TOLOS CAME TO THE EAST COAST LOSING TO BRUNO SAMMARTINO IN MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. MANY YEARS LATER TOLOS WAS IN THE WWF AS “COACH” WITH A BASEBALL CAP & A WHISTLE MANAGING MR PERFECT CURT HENNIG & BO & BLAKE THE BEVERLY BROS (WAYNE THE TRAIN BLOOM & MEAN MIKE ENOS. TOLOS DID THE COACH GIG FOR HERB ABRAMS UWF & THEN LATER ON JOHN & CRAIG DE GEORGE WERE PAIRED AS THE ANNOUNCE TEAM FOR ABRAMS UWF. HE WAS 9 TIMES AMERICAS CHAMPION FOR THE LA BELLE’S AS WELL AS TAG CHAMPIONS & TITLES IN CANADA R.I.P. JOHN TOLOS YOU WILL BE GREATLY MISSED.”