# R.I.P. Sir Oliver Humperdink

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [March 22, 2011, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-sir-oliver-humperdink/575563 "2011-03-22T03:26:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-sir-oliver-humperdink/575563/1 "2011-03-22T03:26:56Z")

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One of the all time great pro wrestling managers, Sir Oliver Humperdink has passed away.

[Obit by Greg Oliver](http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2011/03/09/17558006.html)

I was fortunate enough to have some online contact with him a few years ago. Very nice guy.

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-sir-oliver-humperdink/575563/2 "2011-03-22T03:31:48Z")

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_ding_  
RIP.

☹

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**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-sir-oliver-humperdink/575563/3 "2011-03-22T16:25:42Z")

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Was anyone else thinking the guy who played Humperdink in _The Princess Bride_ died? I didn’t even know that was a real last name.

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**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-sir-oliver-humperdink/575563/4 "2011-03-22T19:14:47Z")

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It was not his real name. Think his real name was John Sutton. Many in the pro wrestling industry use “stage names”, and Hump was one of them.

And, as **Happy Scrappy Hero Pup** makes reference to a long standing tradition of ringing the bell 10 times in memory of a fallen worker, I’ll add a

_ding_

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**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-sir-oliver-humperdink/575563/5 "2011-03-23T16:57:30Z")

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_ding_

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**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-sir-oliver-humperdink/575563/6 "2011-03-24T23:00:59Z")

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_ding_

I’ll never forget how he stole Bam Bam Bigelow’s contract away from those sinister managers of the WWF, Mr. Fuji, Bobby Heenan, Jimmy Hart, Slick, and Johnny V.

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**Author:** ![Tazmanian\_Devil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@Tazmanian\_Devil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tazmanian_Devil)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-sir-oliver-humperdink/575563/7 "2011-03-25T13:48:06Z")

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Or when he was managing in Florida, and ‘burned’ Mr. Florida’s eye with a lit cigar. And he was part of Kevin Sullivan’s Army of Darkness in Florida as well.