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LILLIAN ELLISON, 84 Wrestling's Fabulous Moolah

Lillian Ellison, professional wrestling's Fabulous Moolah, died Friday in Columbia, S.C.

Mary Lillian Ellison was dubbed the Fabulous Moolah after saying she wrestled "for the money ... for the moolah."

She was a longtime champion and the first woman inducted into the World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Fame. Her autobiography, The Fabulous Moolah: First Goddess of the Squared Circle, was published in 2003.

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