Kamala, the Ugandan Giant, passes away at 70
By Guardian Exclusive
12 August 2020 |
9:25 am
Kamala, the wrestler also known as the Ugandan Giant, who was one of the biggest attractions in the world of professional wrestling in the mid-80s right through to the early part of the 90s, has passed away at the age of 70...and he was not even from Uganda.
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Kamala died somewhere (but not Uganda according to Guardian) and Kamala Rose in the US.
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