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Current Events => Breaking News => Topic started by: Thor on January 23, 2011, 10:19:52 PM
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By Steve Gorman
LOS ANGELES | Sun Jan 23, 2011 10:34pm EST
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Jack LaLanne, a one-time sugar-holic who became a television fitness guru preaching exercise and healthy diet to a generation of American housewives, died on Sunday at age 96, his daughter said.
LaLanne, who became U.S. television fixture in his close-fitting jumpsuit starting in 1959 and came to be regarded as the father of the modern fitness movement, succumbed to pneumonia following a brief illness at his home in Morro Bay, along the California's central coast.
"He was surrounded by his family and passed very peacefully and in no distress ... and with the football game on Sunday, so everything was normal," Yvonne LaLanne, 66, told Reuters.
more here (http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70N0JQ20110124)
Another Icon goes to Heaven :(
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RIP John LaLanne. :(
He lived a long and healthy life that many follow to this day. God rest his soul. Condolences to his family.
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RIP Jack
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(http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRmIADroS10A14nc4GQ9baSGhxfreyM8jRVAzLoCNsBBseWqXGw)
I watched just to see Happy and Smiley.
Beginning in 1955, when he swam the length of the Golden Gate Bridge underwater while pulling 140 pound weights, LaLanne has performed increasingly astonishing acts of strength and nerve. In 1956, at age 41, he swam from Alcatraz to Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco wearing handcuffs. At 45, he did one thousand push-ups and one thousand chin-ups in an hour and 22 minutes. In 1975, when he was 60 years old, he repeated his swim from Alcatraz to Fisherman's Wharf, this time handcuffed, shackled, and towing one thousand pounds. In 1985, he swam handcuffed and shackled for a mile and a half across Long Beach Harbor, celebrating his 70th year by towing 70 boats holding 70 people.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_bio/ai_2419200678/
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Jack LaLanne, a one-time sugar-holic who became a television fitness guru preaching exercise and healthy diet to a generation of American housewives, died on Sunday at age 96, his daughter said.
LaLanne, who became U.S. television fixture in his close-fitting jumpsuit starting in 1959 and came to be regarded as the father of the modern fitness movement, succumbed to pneumonia following a brief illness at his home in Morro Bay, along the California's central coast.
"He was surrounded by his family and passed very peacefully and in no distress ... and with the football game on Sunday, so everything was normal," Yvonne LaLanne, 66, told Reuters.
Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70N0JQ20110124)
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He was a regular with Neil Cavuto on Cavuto's show on FNC. RIP, sir.
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I am only 37 but have always been in awe of his energy level. I wasn't that energetic at 5 :hyper:
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Aw... RIP Mr. LaLanne.
I use him as an example for the older folks I work with. Everybody liked him and had watched his show at one time or another. His exercises were simple yet effective, too.
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He's been drinking fruit/vegetable juice for years....now maybe he can have a steak.
RIP Jack.
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God Speed Jack - you were far ahead of your time!!
May your family find solace in their time of need!
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Sparky called this one in his Dead Pool.
Jack was a real inspiration for a lotta folks - I remember his black and white TV show in the early Sixties with him dressed in his signature leotards.
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R.I.P.
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RIP Jack. You be missed.
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A genuinely nice guy.
RIP, Jack.
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He's been drinking fruit/vegetable juice for years....now maybe he can have a steak.
RIP Jack.
Let's hope he is enjoying an extremely good steak, eh? He inspired many! I watched him as kid. Who wouldn't want to get in shape along with that hunk?
(http://www.raw-food-repair.com/images/jack-lalanne.jpg)
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Let's hope he is enjoying an extremely good steak, eh? He inspired many! I watched him as kid. Who wouldn't want to get in shape along with that hunk?
(http://www.raw-food-repair.com/images/jack-lalanne.jpg)
....and that was before steroids.