Tarzan Taborda
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Tarzan Taborda (Albano Taborda Curto Esteves) (May 27, 1935 - September 9, 2005), was a portuguese professional wrestler.
Born in Aldeia do Bispo, Penamacor, Portugal, wrestled over 4000 professional wrestling matches (without losing a single one in his country!) until 1981, earning the nicknames Taborda Sputnik, Tarzan Curtys, White Angel (France), King Kong (Africa), Mr. Mexico, Juan Perez, among others. As achievements he was four times European Champion and five times World Champion.[1]
He also wrestled at Middle East, in countries like Iraq where he performed on Baghdad for Saddam Hussein.
Tarzan Taborda was also a ballet dancer in Le Lido, Paris, a stuntman, were he worked with Brigitte Bardot, Alain Delon, John Wayne and Robert Mitchum on various movies and a bodybuilder, having won a second place in Mister Europe.
On September 9, 2005 he died of myocardial infarction at the age of 70.
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