Cousin Junior

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Cousin Junior was the ring name of Lanny Neal Kean Jr. (March 19, 1960 – January 13, 2009), an American professional wrestler from Jamestown, Kentucky. He began wrestling in 1983 in Kentucky as Luscious Lanny Kean and joined the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1984, first as Lanny Kean and later as Cousin Junior, a hillbilly character in Hillbilly Jim's family. The gimmick was inspired by Jethro Bodine from The Beverly Hillbillies. He left WWF in 1986.

In 1986 he wrestled as Hillbilly Junior in the Continental Wrestling Association and won the AWA Southern Tag Team Championship with Giant Hillbilly on August 30, 1986. He wrestled on the independent circuit in the mid-to-late 1980s, including an appearance in the NWA in 1988 as Cousin Junior.

In 1992 he joined USWA as Moondog Cujo, a member of The Moondogs. He was later renamed Big Daddy Cyrus and feuded with Jerry Lawler. He teamed with Crusher Bones in 1995, main-eventing at the Mid-South Coliseum against Lawler, Dundee and Sid Vicious. In 1996 he lost to John Tenta on WCW Saturday Night. In 1997 Dutch Mantel gave him the ring name Bloody Ox Brody, in tribute to Ox Baker and Bruiser Brody. After a break, he returned as Moondog Cujo and, in 2007, defeated The Barbarian in a hardcore match in Memphis Wrestling, managed by Sal Corrente, rekindling his feud with Lawler. His last match was December 6, 2008.

Kean lived in Jamestown, Kentucky with his fiancée Sandra Deel and had a daughter named Krystal. He died of a heart attack on January 13, 2009, in Franklin, Indiana, at age 48.