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Lillian Ellison, known professionally as The Fabulous Moolah, has passed away at her home in Columbia, SC. She was reported to be 84 years old. She called everyone “Darlin' ” and was a sweet hard working woman who loved this business and contributed greatly to it, promoting and teaching women to be good female wrestlers. Everyone had tremendous respect for Miss Lillian and all cared for her greatly. She was the classic “Southern Belle,” in that despite her athletic accomplishments in the ring, she was a lady and we all loved her. Moolah was the Women’s Champion nine times and held the title for 28 years. She was a significant part of WWE for many years, coming into national attention with the Cyndi Lauper music video before the first Wrestlemania and she was a main event performer for the company during that time period. Moolah dropped the WWF Women’s title to Sherri Martel in late 1987 and it marked the end of an era, although Moolah maintained a presence with the company the rest of her life. At the age of 76, she captured the Women’s Championship Title one more time from Ivory at the No Mercy ‘99 PPV, for an eight day run with the Women’s Title and she continued making appearances on WWE shows through this past Summerslam, where she made her final appearance with Vince McMahon, William Regal and Mae Young. Moolah was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 1995 and released her autobiography in 2004. We’ll miss you, Lillian.