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.

01-24-11, 11:30 AM	#2
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,630 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: 23,214 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, 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.