Fitness Guru Jack LaLanne Dies at 96 - What coin could represent the life of this man? Post 'em here

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***MORRO BAY, Calif. (AP) -- Jack LaLanne, the fitness guru who inspired television viewers to trim down and pump iron for decades before 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.***

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drwstr123

I watched him when he was a young man...

AUandAG

I remember, as a kid in the 50's, when he towed a row boat full of
coin collectors (maybe reporters), from Alcatraz Island to SF with
no wet suit just to prove that those 3 escapees could have made it. Oh,
it also proved he was a Mans Man! The guy had a zest for life and lived
it well.

bob

renman95

"Breathe in, (organ sound), breathe out, (organ sound)"...that's what I remember of him when I was a kid.

claychaser

EagleEye

Wow! He was certainly a cultural icon! He had a great, healthy life.

pf70collector

Was he of Hawaiian origin?

RadioContestKing

BillJones

<< <i>I watched him when he was a young man... >>



He must not have been too young or else you must be very old. At 96 Lelanne would be 34 or 35 years older than I am. That would mean that he at least close to 40 when I saw him on TV.

My brother-in-law once owned a Rolls Royce that LaLanne owned back in the 1980s. LaLanne was very much into the color black, and he had the beutiful wood panneling in the car painted black.

lordmarcovan

I think you picked the coin I would've. One of the Olympic issues.

claychaser

<< <i>Was he of Hawaiian origin? >>



No, but he reminds me of the King on the reverse.

Juan

I too watched him in the fifties on black and white TV no less. He was an interesting man, watching him swim towing the boats was remarkable. But, I can't drink juice to live, I gota have real food like fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn and hot rolls with butter. He cought a new Corvette when he was 92 and that was a treat!

ColonelJessup

Year of birth 1904 - 1904 Lewis and Clark gold S$1. The man was a visionary explorer into the wilds of personal fitness made more perilous by the ignorant resistance of those more hobbled by the prevailing conventional wisdom of the times.

roadrunner

Amazing man who broke the mold by living to be 96, unheard of for someone in the weight training/fitness industry.

roadrunner

swhuck

Maybe one of these:

crazyhounddog

I'm shocked that the man died! I thought he would live forever....I watched this man and his white German Shepard when I was just a snot nosed kid with my Grandma. He lived a long healthy life, that's for sure, and has inspired many folks. I am sad to hear he has passed....

BillJones

<< <i>Year of birth 1904 - 1904 Lewis and Clark gold S$1. The man was a visionary explorer into the wilds of personal fitness made more perilous by the ignorant resistance of those more hobbled by the prevailing conventional wisdom of the times. >>



1904 Lewis and Clark gold dollar? That one can post!

ambro51

1904?


You guys need to go back to school.


try 1914

BBQnBLUES

Issued in his birth year. the Pan-Pac SC$

renomedphys

The coin for the man: My hardcore PR66+ BN, the most chiseled Lincoln cent I own...

ColonelJessup

<< <i>1904?


You guys need to go back to school.


try 1914 >>



I forgot to take off my shoes to do complex calculations. My caffeine level is just whining in the face of overwhelming denial of my limitations.

johnny9434

im glad he lived to be an ripe old age of 96 rip

crazyhounddog

How about the mighty Buffalo?