Fitness Guru Jack LaLanne has died at the age of 96

[NedNickerson]

I used to watch his show when I was a kid. It came on our local ABC station in the morning. I remember he had a white German shepherd named Happy. He always came across as a likeable guy, even when he was doing his informercials for his juicer machines.

Jack LaLanne, the fitness guru who inspired television viewers to trim down, eat well and pump iron for decades before diet and exercise became a national obsession, died Sunday. He was 96.

LaLanne died of respiratory failure due to pneumonia Sunday afternoon at his home in Morro Bay on California's central coast, his longtime agent Rick Hersh said.

Lalanne ate healthy and exercised every day of his life up until the end, Hersh said.

"I have not only lost my husband and a great American icon, but the best friend and most loving partner anyone could ever hope for," Elaine LaLanne, Lalanne's wife of 51 years and a frequent partner in his television appearances, said in a written statement.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/23/jack-lalanne-dead-fitness_n_812845.html

Early in his career, Jack posed for nude photos for photographer Russ Warner.
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[metta]

RIP Jack, you were an inspiration to millions. Thank you!

 

[Lostlover]

RIP Jack. You made carrot and celery juice sound delicious.

 

[metta]

sad...

he had a gay lover for years

what? where did you hear that? was that before his marriage?

 

[Geoffboyardee]

Wow. I would have expected him to live longer. You know, with him being a "fitness guru" and all.

Does anybody know what he died of?

 

[ShihTzuTylenol]

wow....R.I.P. JL

 

[Ninja108]

96...not a bad run at all

 

[jdcnow]

Rest In Peace, Mr LaLanne.

He was an inspiration to millions, including myself. He was such a benefit to this world, and will be dearly missed.

 

[metta]

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