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Sadly the original fitness guru died from complications of pneumonia - he was 96 years old.
RIP.
Maybe he should have drank more juice.
That's cold-hearted.
Too soon?
Well, if it was aspiration pneumonia.. He shouldn't have been drinking any thin liquids!
Sad day for the fitness world.
...and as fit as he was...
no one gets out alive.
RIP Jack
I wonder how much of his living to 96 years old had to do with his healthy life-style vs. genes. I'm sure it was a combo of the two.
I have two great great uncles in Italy who are both 96 and I doubt they excersized as much or ate as healthy as he did.
I recall seeing him some when I was a kid. Seemed ahead of his time for sure, and a good influence in a lot of ways for fitness.
Yet the mortality rate continues to hover at a steady 100%.
it ain't how you die it's how you live.
The dude was healthy and active into his frickin' 90's.
a good model for living well into old age.
Quote from: factorPlayer on January 24, 2011, 08:28:59 AM
it ain't how you die it's how you live.
The dude was healthy and active into his frickin' 90's.
a good model for living well into old age.
Well said! [thumbsup]
Quote from: Vindingo on January 24, 2011, 07:51:54 AM
I wonder how much of his living to 96 years old had to do with his healthy life-style vs. genes. I'm sure it was a combo of the two.
I have two great great uncles in Italy who are both 96 and I doubt they excersized as much or ate as healthy as he did.
Genetics really seem to play as a big aging/longevity factor when you start cracking the 50's....
my brother is a year older than I and at 60 he looks 15-20 years older...
and neither of us exactly lived like we were planning to go for the distance for much of our lives
My younger brother (by 3 years) has heart problems, blood-pressure problems, arthritis etc etc
Genetics are key but they can be overridden by lifestyle
As for old Jack...I remember him on TV in his jumpsuit as a kid when Mom was all hopped up on amphetamines exercising
Quote from: RAT900 on January 24, 2011, 09:35:04 AM
As for old Jack...I remember him on TV in his jumpsuit as a kid when Mom was all hopped up on amphetamines exercising
[laugh] [laugh] [laugh]
mitt
It was the 1950's 2/3 rds of America's housewives were tweakers
Quote from: RAT900 on January 24, 2011, 09:48:46 AM
It was the 1950's 2/3 rds of America's housewives were tweakers
That might be conservative.
Quote from: humorless dp on January 24, 2011, 09:54:51 AM
That might be conservative.
Indeed, my aunts and mother all shared their different scrip doctors' names and worked multiple refills
the eventual crashes were scary to be around
Quote from: RAT900 on January 24, 2011, 09:58:42 AM
Indeed, my aunts and mother all shared their different scrip doctors' names and worked multiple refills
the eventual crashes were scary to be around
I remember it well.
No different in the UK friends........... Mama's little helper. Valium,Gin and as they aged eventually Aspirin for arthritis. [laugh]
True story...in '79 I met a girl from Redondo Beach, CA...Vienna Starr was her name ( not real name ) Vienna Gorsky .
Anyway, she was a Cousin of one of my employees and she was visiting her Aunt who lived in Ohio and I got fixed up w, her .
She was 19 , I was 30.
She had worked for Jack Lalanne on his TV show as one of the exerciser girls onstage.
She was a very interesting girl !
If Jack hadn't got pneumonia It would have been interesting to have seen how long he would have lived.
Dolph :)
Dammit!!! didn't score any hits on Google....oh wait...I found her! ;D
http://www.cityweekly.net/utah/flex-167-miss-city-weekly-pride.html (http://www.cityweekly.net/utah/flex-167-miss-city-weekly-pride.html)
Quote from: RAT900 on January 28, 2011, 11:20:06 PM
Dammit!!! didn't score any hits on Google....oh wait...I found her! ;D
http://www.cityweekly.net/utah/flex-167-miss-city-weekly-pride.html (http://www.cityweekly.net/utah/flex-167-miss-city-weekly-pride.html)
Sadly Vienna died of Ovarian Cancer in 2000 at the young age of 40 .
Dolph