Jack LaLanne, a fitness pioneer who began promoting healthy lifestyles as a teenager in the 1930s and through his fitness show that aired through the 1950s-70s, passed away over the weekend in California at 96 years old.
Known for his chiseled arms, popular Power Juicer machine and freakish feats of strength (that included swimming from Alcatraz Island to Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco -- handcuffed, shackled and towing a boat -- at the age of 60), LaLanne died of respiratory failure due to pneumonia on Sunday.
LaLanne worked out every day until his death, according to his agent, Rick Hersh. In 2006, LaLanne even joked that "I can't afford to die. It would wreck my image."
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