Pro-wrestling icon, ex-lawmaker Inoki dies at 79

Pro-wrestling icon, ex-lawmaker Inoki dies at 79

File photo shows Japanese wrestler-turned-parliamentarian Antonio Inoki (R) posing at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang in July 2014. Inoki died on Oct. 1, 2022, at 79.

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