Matilda the Hun, GLOW wrestling icon and ‘Spaceballs’ actor, dead at 73

California GLOW icon Deana Booher -- higher often known as Matilda the Hun -- has died.
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The wrestling neighborhood is morning the lack of California GLOW icon Deana Booher — higher recognized by her ring aliases Matilda the Hun and Queen Kong — who died Friday at 73, the WWE confirmed in an announcement.

“We're saddened to be taught that Deanna Booher, higher often known as ‘Matilda The Hun’ and beloved by followers all around the world, handed away on the age of 73,” they wrote. “Our sincerest ideas are together with her household, mates and people affected by her passing. … WWE extends its condolences to Booher’s household, mates and followers.”

As of but, Booher’s explanation for demise has not been revealed.

Born in 1951 in Los Angeles, the legendary heel bought her begin within the Nineteen Eighties as an beginner mud wrestler, the place she grappled with each women and men. Her first professional wrestling match was in opposition to a 700-pound bear.

Members of the unique GLOW (Beautiful Women Of Wrestling) Andrea The Large, Sunny The California Woman aka Patricia Summerland, MTV aka Eileen O’Hara, Matilda The Hun aka Dee Booher, Daisy aka Helena LeCount, Roxy Astor aka Tracee Meltzer and visitor in 2018.

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From there, the 6-ft-3, 315-pound glamazon went on to wrestle for the Beautiful Women Of Wrestling (GLOW) for 2 years, the place she was often pitted in opposition to the 350-pound Mountain Fiji (actual title Emily Dole). Booher’s signature strikes have been the backbreaker — dropping her rivals on her knee — and the Large Splash, wherein the GLOW star would stomach flop onto a inclined opponent.

Not only a ring star, Matilda The Hun additionally appeared in such movies as “Spaceballs,” “Brainsmasher,” “A Love Story” and “Theodore Rex.” In the meantime, Booher’s TV credit included “In Residing Colour” and “Married….with Youngsters.”

“We’re extraordinarily saddened to be taught of the passing of Deanna Booher additionally recognized to followers as Matilda the Hun of GLOW,” tweeted one devastated fan. “Many think about her the unique feminine ‘monster heel’ because of her dimension and charisma. A title she lovingly embraced.”

One other wrote, “RIP Deanna Booher I feared you greater than the male heels once I was a child. On reflection, that’s how good you have been.”