Adrian Street, Wrestling Icon, Dead at 82

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00:00 I'm a sucker for attention and I was meant to be seen.

00:02 Wrestling star Adrian Street has died. He was 82 years old.

00:08 It was like creating a mystery and I like the idea of mystery and contrast.

00:18 The Welsh fighter, known for his animated persona,

00:22 died last week, his family confirming the sad news to BBC.

00:27 Adrian's wife, Linda, revealed he had a stroke earlier this month,

00:31 which resulted in a brain hemorrhage. And during recovery, he developed colitis,

00:36 later turning into sepsis. Which Linda confirms was his cause of death.

00:42 It all came about so quick, I've still not come to terms with it yet.

00:46 I just kept pushing the envelope a little bit more, a little bit more.

00:50 So that when I walked in the ring, people go, "Is he wearing makeup?"

00:54 It was from then I started wearing lipstick. Dubbed the sadist in sequence,

00:59 Adrian became a known sporting figure in the 70s and 80s.

01:04 I would never let them rest because whenever they were comfortable with

01:07 or thought they were comfortable with something, then I'd shake it all up.

01:12 His exotic choice of costume and unique fighting style became his trademark.

01:18 I started putting feathers in my head, it sort of went up further and sort of the pigtails on

01:24 the side went out because it actually made me look like a bigger person than I am.

01:28 While known for his often violent persona on stage,

01:32 Linda calls him the kindest, most lovely, and loving man she's ever known.

01:37 The total opposite to how he was perceived during his wrestling career.

01:42 I wasn't worried about whatever style I was put in the ring with

01:46 because I wrestled with all different kinds of styles and I did what I wanted to do.

01:53 Linda adds she plans to scatter her husband's ashes on the mountains near their hometown in Wales.

01:58 "He loved the outdoors and we'd go on long walks in the countryside all the time.

02:04 He'd really be at peace up there."