# Wrestling - Kamala isn't doing very well. Kickstarter to help out.

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**Created:** [November 20, 2014, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrestling-kamala-isnt-doing-very-well-kickstarter-to-help-out/705130 "2014-11-20T04:56:08Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrestling-kamala-isnt-doing-very-well-kickstarter-to-help-out/705130/1 "2014-11-20T04:56:08Z")

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He’s a double amputee now and in poverty. ☹ Old friends from Wrestling contributed stories for an autobiography. They’re hoping to publish and get some income for him.

He was a great heel and contributed a lot to wrestling in the 80’s. He had such a unique wrestling character that only talked in grunts. I enjoyed his matches even when he was beating up my favorite faces. 😉

[kickstarter](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kennycasanova/kamala-official-autobiography-wwe-wrestler-wrestli)

> **[WWF legend Kamala is a double amputee living in poverty](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2841792/From-WWF-legend-double-amputee-living-disability-Kamala-Ugandan-Giant-s-tragic-tumble-years-pro-wrestling-spotlight.html)**
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> The 6-foot-7 Mississippi native James Harris once wrestled headliners like Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant as Idi Amin-inspired African cannibal Kamala.

> **[From Wrestling Legend to Double Amputee, Kamala Keeps Fighting](https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2267803-from-wrestling-legend-to-double-amputee-kamala-keeps-fighting)**
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> SENATOBIA, Miss. — The day after they cut off his leg, James Harris' screams echoed through the halls of Baptist Memorial Hospital. Doctors upped the dosage on his anesthetics, and Harris' wife, Emmer, tried to calm him by clutching his hand...

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> He quickly rose to fame as the silent, shirtless cannibal from afar–whose 6-foot-7 frame and girthy build struck fear in children and adults alike–accompanied by a man named Kim Chee.
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> That man, whose real name is Kenny Casanova, is the mind behind his Kickstarter and book.
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> Casanova believes Harris–who has a 9th grade education–lost out the soaring salaries of WWF headliners like Hogan and the Undertaker and is now paying the price.
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> ‘If I had been a better talker, if I’d have known how to negotiate, that probably would’ve helped me,’ Harris told Bleacher Report.
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> Today, Harris lives on a meager government check following the loss of both his legs to years of diabetes. And his wife has recently been laid off from her job of nearly 30 years.
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> ‘I figured Kamala’s story alone in book form could be one answer to lost earnings,’ Casanova writes on the Kickstarter page. If written correctly, it could mean great supplemental income for Kamala for years to come. So, I picked up the phone and made the call.’