My hero died

[hordak]

Jack LaLanne dies at 96; brought fitness to masses - Yahoo! News

Revolutionized fitness and did more in his twilight years then most will do in their 20s

In 1936 in his native Oakland, LaLanne opened a health studio that included weight-training for women and athletes. Those were revolutionary notions at the time, because of the theory that weight training made an athlete slow and "muscle bound" and made a woman look masculine.

When he turned 43 in 1957, he performed more than 1,000 push-ups in 23 minutes on the "You Asked For It" television show. At 60, he swam from Alcatraz Island to Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco — handcuffed, shackled and towing a boat. Ten years later, he performed a similar feat in Long Beach harbor.

[pam]

I used to watch him every morning when I was a kid.

[prospectmom]

Wow a long and healthy life a great example.

[RipplecutBuddha]

The truly great and good people in this life will be remembered for who they were, and what they gave to the rest of us.

Too many celebreties are remembered for what they did for themselves, as though that were a true measure of greatness.

[john doe]

On the bright side, Chuck Norris is still alive and making sure the earth's rotation remains relatively constant.

[pam]

On the bright side, Chuck Norris is still alive and making sure the earth's rotation remains relatively constant.

Well he's not doing a very good job of it then if all our astrological signs are changing.

[john doe]

Well he's not doing a very good job of it then if all our astrological signs are changing.

He can't help it if astrologists don't know how to adjust to his superior timing.

[RipplecutBuddha]

it's not his timing of the earth's rotation, but what he did on vacation when he actually went out and moved the stars twelve degrees. He's just making sure everyone's paying attention...there's a quiz coming up.