Rest in Peace, Tom “Tiny” Lister

Hello. I know I have not done too much lately. I know every year I try to put in a holiday tradition for this blog and I am not backing out of it, because I have at least one thing that I want to touch on. Other things I never got a chance to acquire because of the sad times that we’re all living in, which is a part of the topic for this.

I recently read about the passing of Tom “Tiny” Lister, best recognized as Debo from the first two Friday movies. This man was well-recognized in a lot of movies, especially hip-hop movies. Also, as a wrestling fan, I will note that he also had a short-lived career in professional wrestling where he sort of portrayed his character of Zeus in WWE (then known as the WWF) that he played in the 1989 film, No Holds Barred, which starred Hulk Hogan. He even also appeared in WCW for a bit later on before retiring as a wrestler and being in more films.

According to some sources, it was said that Lister had suffered through the symptoms of COVID-19. From that same article, he was even in the middle of shooting a film, or something of that nature, and some had gotten worried because “he never missed a shoot.” When I read about this, I was shocked. When I read about the cause of death, it made me feel a little saddened over this. This whole year has been disastrous and depressing, with the pandemic being the primary reason. This whole virus thing is no joke and it saddens me to see a lot of people die from it.

May he rest in peace.

Rest in Peace

Tom “Tiny” Lister

June 24, 1958 – Dec. 10, 2020