RIP Jack Lalanne

[Monster Dave]

Sadly the original fitness guru died from complications of pneumonia - he was 96 years old.

RIP.

[Jarvicious]

Maybe he should have drank more juice.

[Monster Dave]

That's cold-hearted.

[Jarvicious]

Too soon?

[IZ]

Well, if it was aspiration pneumonia.. He shouldn't have been drinking any thin liquids!

Sad day for the fitness world.

[ducpainter]

...and as fit as he was...

no one gets out alive.

RIP Jack

[Vindingo]

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. 

[Billyzoom]

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%. 

[factorPlayer]

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. 

[Stella]

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!   

[RAT900]

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

[mitt]

As for old Jack...I remember him on TV in his jumpsuit as a kid when Mom was all hopped up on amphetamines exercising

       


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[RAT900]

It was the 1950's 2/3 rds of America's housewives were tweakers

[ducpainter]

It was the 1950's 2/3 rds of America's housewives were tweakers

That might be conservative.

[RAT900]

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