Jack LaLanne

Entrepreneur

Birthday September 26, 1914

Birth Sign Libra

Birthplace San Francisco, CA

DEATH DATE Jan 23, 2011 (96)

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About

Fitness guru of exercise, nutrition, and a positive attitude. He was called the godfather of fitness and the first fitness superhero. He earned himself a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Before Fame

He loved sugar and junk foods and developed an eating disorder when he was 15. He heard a lecture from nutrition speaker Paul Bragg that turned his life around.

Trivia

He hosted a fitness television show from 1953 until 1985 and opened one of the country's first fitness gyms in Oakland, California, in 1936 when he was 21.

Family Life

He was married to Elaine Rorem Doyle from September 1959 until his death. He had two daughters, Janet and Yvonne, and two sons, Daniel and Jon.

Associated With

He was appointed to the Governor's Council on Physical Fitness by Arnold Schwarzenegger.