Fitness legend Jack Lalanne, best known for his long-running "The Jack Lalanne Show" and to another generation as a TV pitchman of juicers, died Sunday in Morro Bay, Calif. He was 96.
The cause of death was respiratory failure resulting from pneumonia, his son Dan Doyle told the New York Times. Lalanne's wife of 51 years, Elaine, released a statement: "I have not only lost my husband and a great American icon, but the best friend and...
The cause of death was respiratory failure resulting from pneumonia, his son Dan Doyle told the New York Times. Lalanne's wife of 51 years, Elaine, released a statement: "I have not only lost my husband and a great American icon, but the best friend and...
- 1/24/2011
- Extra
Jack Lalanne, whose obsession with grueling workouts and good nutrition, complemented by a salesman’s gift, brought him recognition as the founder of the modern physical fitness movement, died Sunday afternoon at his home in Morro Bay, Calif. He was 96.
The cause was respiratory failure resulting from pneumonia, said his son Dan Doyle.
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The cause was respiratory failure resulting from pneumonia, said his son Dan Doyle.
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- 1/24/2011
- The Wrap
The godfather of physical fitness, Jack Lalanne, died at his coastal California home in Morro Bay from respiratory failure due to pneumonia. He was 96. "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," his daughter Yvonne Lalanne, 66, told Reuters. Only two years ago, Lalanne, still a poster boy for vitality, told People that young stars such as Britney Spears - who was going through physical and emotional problems at the time - needed to "develop pride and discipline" and watch what they put into their bodies,...
- 1/24/2011
- by Stephen M. Silverman
- PEOPLE.com
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