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Sweet Daddy Siki, American Canadian wrestling star who pushed limits of the sport, dies at 91

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/sweet-daddy-siki-wrestler-musician-american-canadian-toronto-1.7423101

Publisher:  CBC News
Date Written:  04/01/2025
Year Published:  2025  
Resource Type:  Article

Sweet Daddy Siki, an American Canadian professional wrestler who pushed the limits of the sport and helped to train world champions, has died in Toronto at the age of 91.

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Elkin James, born in Texas, died on Dec. 31, 2024, at Humber River Hospital after living with dementia for many years. Siki moved to Toronto in 1961 and made a name for himself in Canada as a pro-wrestler and a country musician from the 1960s to the 1980s.

According to wrestling historian Greg Oliver, Siki married Anne, a Canadian woman, in Buffalo in 1964. The two went on to have two sons, Reg and Justin, and Siki "carved out a whole new life" for himself as a professional wrestler with blond hair, sequined robes and big sunglasses. He was also a recording artist with a country and western band, the Irresistibles.
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