Jack LaLanne passed away this weekend, he was 96 years old.When we were kids this guy was on TV all the time. He had TV shows that aired from the 1950's into the mid 1980's. We always thought he was the most physically fit person alive. He was always, ALWAYS doing push ups.
Anyone under 30 probably only knows him from selling juicers. But he was a TV staple for YEARS.
He was married for 51 years to Elaine, his equally fit wife. The couple has three children.
"Former "Price is Right" host Bob Barker credited LaLanne's encouragement with helping him to start exercising often. "He never lost enthusiasm for life and physical fitness," the 87-year-old Barker told The Associated Press on Sunday. "I saw him in about 2007 and he still looked remarkably good. He still looked like the same enthusiastic guy that he always was."
"The JackLaLanne Show was a national show on ABC and continued through 1985. He once offered a $10,000 prize to any athlete who could match him. Nobody ever collected.
On his 70th birthday in 1984, he swam a mile and a half across Long Beach Harbor in California – with his hands and feet shackled and towing 70 people in 70 rowboats."
WOW! This guy was a rock. Does anyone else remember his dog Happy?
WOW! This guy was a rock. Does anyone else remember his dog Happy?
Jack and Happy in 1960's sunny California
We'll miss you Jack. We wish you were still young and one of the trainers on The Biggest Loser. R.I.P.
2 comments:
R.I.P.P.E.D......LOL! Look at the dogs face he's saying" My daddy's ripped"
I remember Happy and he was the reason I own white German Shep. dogs for decades now.
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