Malcolm Kirk

Malcolm Kirk was an English professional wrestler who went by the ring name of "King Kong" Kirk as well as Kojak Kirk, Killer Kirk and "Mucky" Mal Kirk. He started as a professional rugby league player before becoming a professional wrestler. Kirk died of a heart attack on 23 August 1987 after collapsing in the ring during a tag team match at the Hippodrome in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. The wrestling event was run by Joint Promotions with the main event being a tag team match between Kirk and King Kendo against Big Daddy and Greg Valentine in front of 1,500 people.

18 December 1936

Born on the same birth day (18 December): Akira Iida • Betty Grable • Bill Holland • Bogusław Mamiński • Brad Pitt • Fletcher Henderson • Gerard Gumbau • Gianluca Pagliuca • James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry • Joan Wallach Scott • Józef Glemp • Lenore Blum • Leonid Yuzefovich • Lyman Abbott • Mirza Tahir Ahmad • Nancy Ryles • Richard Maury • Wadada Leo Smith • William Louis, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken

Born in the same month (December 1936): Aga Khan IV • Bill Ashton (jazz musician) • Bobby Ross • Freddy Cannon • Howard Smith (director) • Iolanda Balaș • Ismail Merchant • James Burke (science historian) • Kenneth Copeland • Mary Tyler Moore • Morris Dees • Peep Jänes • Pope Francis • Taku Yamasaki • Tommy Steele • Trevor Taylor (racing driver)