Posted June 25, 201312 yr comment_5548828 http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/salisbury...725#fbLoggedOut Jackie Fargo CHINA GROVE - Jackie Fargo, pro-wrestling legend "The Fabulous One," died on June 24, 2013, surrounded by his family and friends. Born in Concord on June 26, 1930, he was the son of the late Lewis and Delmer Swink Faggart. Fargo began his career with his brother, Roughhouse, and was famous for wrestling primarily with the National Wrestling Alliance in the 1950s, continuing into the 1970s. He held tag team gold championships 45 times throughout his career and originated the famous "Fargo Strut," still implemented today by wrestlers, including Ric Flair, Jeff Jarrett and The Fabulous Ones. Included in his lengthy wrestling career, he was awarded the NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship three times. Fargo was also credited for launching many careers such as Jerry "The King" Lawler. Fargo was inducted into the Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2009. Retired in the late 1980s, Jackie maintained close relationships with the wrestling community and enjoyed appearances throughout the '90s and early 2000s. On June 19, 2002, Fargo appeared on the first NWA TNA weekly pay-per-view, along with other NWA legends. Noted for his outlandish and entertaining antics in the ring, Jackie will also be remembered for his warm smile, bigger than life personality and wonderful sense of humor. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Judy Stafford Fargo; brothers Robert Faggart, Sonny "Roughhouse" Faggart; and sister Kathleen Orbison. He is survived by his daughters, Brandy McKinney (husband Greg), of Salisbury, Charlotte Fargo Jacobs of Memphis, Tenn., and Jackie Mae Fargo Jacobs of Orange County, Calif.; granddaughters Ashley Nicole Jacobs and Jennifer Hope Jacobs; grandson Justin Jon-Fargo Jacobs; and two great-grandchildren. Service: The family will be receiving friends at Linn-Honeycutt Funeral Home in China Grove on Wednesday, June 26 at 6 p.m. followed by a celebration of Jackie's life, officiated by Bobby Fulton. Visitation is in the Linn-Honeycutt chapel at 7 p.m. Graveside services will be Thursday, June 27 at 9:30 a.m. at West Lawn Memorial Park in China Grove. Memorials: May be made to Faithful Friends Animal Sanctuary, 220 Grace Church Road, Salisbury, NC 28146. Well, it'll be a Fantastic service.
June 25, 201312 yr comment_5548831 And my first thought is "he was still alive?!", because in my mind he was 60 or so when I was born (in 1981), which would have made him in his 90s. Still for a pro wrestler he lived to around 173.
June 25, 201312 yr comment_5548846 Loved his work, I was watching some of his stuff about two months ago actually and loved his work with Tojo Yamamoto. RIP
June 25, 201312 yr comment_5548867 Scott Bowden's Lawler interview is a great read. http://kentuckyfriedwrestling.com/theword2...d-jackie-fargo/
June 26, 201312 yr Author comment_5548908 Really? Nothing for my "Fantastic service" line? Sheesh, tough crowd.
June 27, 201312 yr comment_5549005 Really? Nothing for my "Fantastic service" line? Sheesh, tough crowd. Because his nickname was 'fabulous" ?
June 27, 201312 yr Author comment_5549035 Really? Nothing for my "Fantastic service" line? Sheesh, tough crowd. Because his nickname was 'fabulous" ? Read the obit again. Especially the prt about who's doing the service.
June 27, 201312 yr comment_5549073 Really? Nothing for my "Fantastic service" line? Sheesh, tough crowd. Because his nickname was 'fabulous" ? Read the obit again. Especially the prt about who's doing the service. We were no selling it. Not entirely surprised Fulton became a man of the cloth, given the multiple mentions of his faith in the ROH shoot interview (not that it was annoying, just he did bring it up a few times).
June 27, 201312 yr Author comment_5549075 Really? Nothing for my "Fantastic service" line? Sheesh, tough crowd. Because his nickname was 'fabulous" ? Read the obit again. Especially the prt about who's doing the service. We were no selling it. Not entirely surprised Fulton became a man of the cloth, given the multiple mentions of his faith in the ROH shoot interview (not that it was annoying, just he did bring it up a few times). Shows what I know. I figured it was a different Fulton and it was just a funny coincidence.
June 27, 201312 yr comment_5549083 One of the first tapes I ever got when I started tape trading was a "Best of US regional" comp which had a ton of the Moondogs/ Fabulous Ones matches on it. Fargo subbed in one of the matches for Steve Keirn . You know how certain moments in wrestling are burned into your mind. This is one of those for me. One of the Moondogs is pounding on Fargo. If you were being polite it looked like Jackie was no selling and "hulking up". But to me it looked more like he was having a fit. "Who the fuck is this guy? He's old as dirt and looks like hell" I thought. He then proceeds to unload on the Moondogs as the MidSouth Coliseum go nuts with a great call from Lance Russell "Jackie Fargo might not know alot about wrestling,but he sure knows alot about fighting". Tremendous!
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