Personal Life and Death
Christanello was born and raised in Pittsburgh and was of Italian descent. She lived with The Fabulous Moolah on-and-off for forty years, ending in May 1999 when she moved back to Pittsburgh. While living with Moolah, she helped train women's wrestlers Sherri Martel and Brittany Brown. After retiring from the ring, she was employed by Wal-Mart in the accounting department.
Her niece, Marie Minor, was trained by Christianello and worked as a wrestler under the ring name Angie Minelli for several years in the 1980s.
On August 25, 2011, Christanello died from a heart attack. She was 69 years old.
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