Denie was my friend and mentor. Much of my gym's success in the media was started by him.
I use to visit him a lot at his apartment in Bayonne NJ . Where he use to lay out the magazine on story boards at his kitchen table. Dan Lurie was a cheap boss. Denie receive $6000 a month to put the whole magazine together and that included his salary. He wrote most all the articles using different sur names. Did all of photography him self too. He is a genius.
He coined a lot of nick names of the bodybuilders of that day. first one to call the machine 'pec dek'. and the tv show its name 'Muscle sport USA'. He was also a good bodybuilder winning shows like the East Coast, Eastern usa, and Mr. New Jersey.
He had some down times as of late when his wife Linda died of brain cancer . We still keep in touch by e mail .I owe a debt to him for all he has done for me. A very kind man