Ellison died Friday, according to Dunbar Funeral Home in Columbia. Born Mary Lillian Ellison in 1923, she learned to wrestle for the professional ring in the 1940s and became champ in 1956 when she ...

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — Lillian Ellison, professional wrestling’s Fabulous Moolah, has died. She was 84. Ellison died Friday, according to Dunbar Funeral Home in Columbia. Born Mary Lillian Ellison in 1923, ...

(Columbia)- The Fabulous Moolah has passed away after a storied and fabulous life.The Midlands native, whose real name is Lillian Ellison, was known for years as the Fabulous Moolah and passed away ...

COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - To say goodbye to a South Carolina legend - hundreds went Tuesday night to remember the woman known in pro wrestling as "The Fabulous Moolah." She'd move away, and her name would ...

(Columbia) - Family and friends filled the Dunbar Funeral Home Wednesday, as the Fabulous Moolah, whose real name was Lillian Ellison, was laid to rest.Ellison's nephew and the preacher at the Alpine ...

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