RIP Jack LaLanne

frau kaleun · 01-24-11, 11:18 AM

Health and fitness legend Jack LaLanne has died at the age of 96.

I can still remember seeing his TV show on the old B&W telly when I was just a wee thing.

http://www.npr.org/2011/01/24/133175...itness?ps=cprs

Quote:

In 1990, Jack LaLanne was quoted as saying, "I never think of my age, never. I could be 20 or 100. I never think about it. I'm just me." Two years ago, before undergoing heart surgery, he said, "I can't afford to die. It would wreck my image."

According to his longtime agent, LaLanne kept up his healthy, active lifestyle until the end of that very full life.

Jimbuna · 01-24-11, 11:30 AM

I have vague distant memories.....quite a guy right up to the end.

RIP Sir

August · 01-24-11, 12:11 PM

I saw him on a juicer commercial just yesterday!

Sailor Steve · 01-24-11, 12:25 PM

I remember his Bicentennial stunt in which he swam a mile, towing 13 boats containing 76 people. He was 61 at the time.

I also remember his fitness show when I was growing up. Cool guy, great life. I'll miss him.

Takeda Shingen · 01-24-11, 12:27 PM

Who will we buy our juicers from now?

Anyway, RIP.

Growler · 01-24-11, 12:42 PM

hard to believe. I mean, if anyone was gonna live forever, it woulda been him.

RIP, Mr. Lalanne.

Platapus · 01-24-11, 09:05 PM

I remember watching his tv program along with my mother.

You gotta hand it to him. He lived the way he preached.

gimpy117 · 01-24-11, 10:34 PM

2 hour workout at 89? wow. we used to do a 2.5-3 hour workout back in my football days and we'd be shot.

quite the man. RIP

bookworm_020 · 01-25-11, 05:37 PM

I remember him from The Simpsons, had a good laugh at himself!

RIP

Growler · 01-25-11, 06:52 PM

I figure it this way - If I can hit 96 years old and live life like he did, I'm good.

I mean, dude had energy right up until he didn't need it anymore. That's cool.

Gerald · 01-25-11, 06:56 PM

R.I.P Sir

01-24-11, 11:30 AM	#2
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,461 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I have vague distant memories.....quite a guy right up to the end. RIP Sir __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

01-24-11, 12:11 PM	#3
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I saw him on a juicer commercial just yesterday! __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

01-24-11, 12:25 PM	#4
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I remember his Bicentennial stunt in which he swam a mile, towing 13 boats containing 76 people. He was 61 at the time. I also remember his fitness show when I was growing up. Cool guy, great life. I'll miss him. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-24-11, 12:42 PM	#6
Growler A long way from the sea Join Date: May 2005 Location: Iowa Posts: 1,913 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	hard to believe. I mean, if anyone was gonna live forever, it woulda been him. RIP, Mr. Lalanne. __________________ At Fiddler’s Green, where seamen true When here they’ve done their duty The bowl of grog shall still renew And pledge to love and beauty.

01-24-11, 09:05 PM	#7
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,360 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I remember watching his tv program along with my mother. You gotta hand it to him. He lived the way he preached. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

01-24-11, 12:27 PM	#5
Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Who will we buy our juicers from now? Anyway, RIP.

01-24-11, 10:34 PM	#8
gimpy117 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 3,243 Downloads: 108 Uploads: 0	2 hour workout at 89? wow. we used to do a 2.5-3 hour workout back in my football days and we'd be shot. quite the man. RIP __________________ Member of the Subsim Zombie Army

01-25-11, 05:37 PM	#9
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I remember him from The Simpsons, had a good laugh at himself! RIP __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

01-25-11, 06:52 PM	#10
Growler A long way from the sea Join Date: May 2005 Location: Iowa Posts: 1,913 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	I figure it this way - If I can hit 96 years old and live life like he did, I'm good. I mean, dude had energy right up until he didn't need it anymore. That's cool. __________________ At Fiddler’s Green, where seamen true When here they’ve done their duty The bowl of grog shall still renew And pledge to love and beauty.

01-25-11, 06:56 PM	#11
Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	R.I.P Sir __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie