- Born
- Died
- Birth nameKeith Franke
- Nickname
- AD
- Height5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
- Adrian Adonis was born on September 15, 1953 in Buffalo, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for WWWF Championship Wrestling (1972), The War to Settle the Score (1985) and AWA All-Star Wrestling (1972). He died on July 4, 1988 in Lewisporte, Newfoundland, Canada.
- ChildrenAngela PeridesGena Banta
- RelativesAdrianne Perides(Grandchild)Brianna Perides(Grandchild)
- Finishing move: "Goodnight, Irene" sleeper hold
- Dressed in drag
- Former tag team partner with Jesse Ventura.
- Finished off his WWF wrestling career without his signature blonde hair after Ed Leslie (aka "Brutus Beefcake") shaved most of it off after he lost to Roddy Piper during WrestleMania III (1987).
- Professional wrestler
- On July 4, 1988, he, Pat Kelly and Dave McKigney were killed in a car accident in Lewisporte, Newfoundland, Canada, on the way to a wrestling promotion.
- Because he pretty much ate himself out of "main event" status, no major wrestling organization wanted him. Desperate, he went to the WWF to find work, and was willing to do just about anything. About the same time, Vince McMahon was looking for someone to be a "gay" wrestler. Adonis took him up on that offer, and that pretty much finished off his wrestling career. For the record, he was not gay.
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