Getbig.com: American Bodybuilding, Fitness and Figure
Getbig Bodybuilding Boards => History - Stories - and Memories => Topic started by: Max_Rep on April 06, 2009, 02:12:30 PM
-
From Peter McGough…
Subsequent to the unfounded rumor of a few weeks ago I am sad to confirm that Armand Tanny passed away last Saturday, April 4.
He has been living in an assisted living complex for some years. He was one of Joe Weider's closest friends. He was 90 years old.
-
Wow that sucks R.I.P Vic :(
-
On the positive...he lived a full life and then some. 90 years old.....
PIP
-
PIP
he was 90 years old though, it's always tragic when a young person or a child dies
-
come on he was 90, dont be sad, be jealous
-
-
you're a big wrestling fan method?
-
That's Armand Asante you dumb shit.
he changed his name when he came to America, you fuck.
-
pip armand tranny
:(
-
From Peter McGough…
Subsequent to the unfounded rumor of a few weeks ago I am sad to confirm that Armand Tanny passed away last Saturday, April 4.
He has been living in an assisted living complex for some years. He was one of Joe Weider's closest friends. He was 90 years old.
If him and Joe were so tight, why did he die in some shithole nursing home? Yeah, pays to have friends in BB. ::)
-
If him and Joe were so tight, why did he die in some shithole nursing home? Yeah, pays to have friends in BB. ::)
A question probably better asked of his family
-
RIP
(http://musclememory.com/magCovers/mp/mp0804.jpg)
-
.
-
didn't musclecenter predict his death a month ago? :o
-
he changed his name when he came to America, you fuck.
not too bright are u.
-
:( RIP
-
RIP
-
farewell
-
Just got news to set the record straight:
Armand was living in an upscale assisted living home in Agora Hills, CA.
Joe Weider had Armand on salary all his life...
So much for false accusations and misconceptions
Rest in peace Armand
-
http://www.musclemecca.com/showthread.php/bodybuilding-legend-armand-tanny-dies-43443.html (http://www.musclemecca.com/showthread.php/bodybuilding-legend-armand-tanny-dies-43443.html)
1919-2009
R.I.P.
-
Just a few months ago, Flex reported that he was dead and although he was in rough shape he was alive and well.
Unfortunately, not this time. RIP Armand.
-
89 is a good run.
RIP Armand.
-
rip sir you're great
-
Rest in peace
-
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-armand-tanny9-2009apr09,0,245042.story?track=rss (http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-armand-tanny9-2009apr09,0,245042.story?track=rss)
Armand Tanny, a pioneering figure in bodybuilding who won national titles in 1949 and 1950 and was a popular figure on Muscle Beach in Santa Monica during its heyday in the 1940s, has died. He was 90.
Tanny, the younger brother of gym pioneer Vic Tanny, died of natural causes Saturday at a nursing facility in Westlake Village, according to his daughter, Mandy Tanny. He had been fairly active until last year and was still driving last summer.
Originally a weightlifter, Tanny won the Mr. 1949 title, the 1949 Pro Mr. America title and the 1950 Pro Mr. USA titles in bodybuilding. In the days before steroids, he credited his wins to diet and hard work. He was a firm believer in the benefits of raw foods, including tuna, beef, liver and lobster as well as nuts, seeds, fruits and vegetables.
During the 1950s, he was one of the original nine bodybuilders from Muscle Beach who were part of Mae West's traveling nightclub act. According to the book "Remembering Muscle Beach" by Harold Zinkin with Bonnie Hearn-Hill (Angel City Press, 1999), the nine were known as Mae's Muscle Beach Men. They included such prominent bodybuilders as Joe Gold, George Eiferman, Richard DuBois, whom Zinkin and Hearn-Hill called "the star" of the group, Harry Schwartz, Dom Juliano, Lester "Shifty" Schaefer, Irvin "Zabo" Koszewski, Chuck Krauser and Tanny.
According to Hearn-Hill, Tanny organized a strike with Gold when West cut their $250-a-week salaries in half to boost the take at a New York club.
"Armand and Joe were ready to board the plane," Hearn-Hill told The Times on Wednesday. "Mae quickly caved in and they got their full salaries."
Tanny also turned to professional wrestling in the 1950s. But for much of his life, the quiet and studious Tanny made his living writing about physical fitness and bodybuilding for his friend Joe Weider's publications, including Muscle Power magazine.
Tanny was born March 5, 1919, in Rochester, N.Y. In his early teens, he was competing in weightlifting competitions. In 1941, he placed second in the heavyweight class in the Junior Nationals competition in Akron, Ohio. In that competition, he managed 230, 250 and 330 pounds in the three Olympic lifts (press, snatch, and clean and jerk). He was able to clean a 300-pound barbell one-handed.
He attended the University of Rochester before moving to Los Angeles in the late 1930s, where he enrolled at UCLA. But World War II intervened, and Tanny joined the Coast Guard and served until he suffered a knee injury. He left the service and went back to school in Westwood, earning a degree in physical therapy. He also had uncredited parts in some Hollywood films, including "Lady in the Dark" (1944) and "Frenchman's Creek" (1944). Meanwhile, he kept perfecting his body for the emerging sport of bodybuilding.
When he wasn't at the beach with early bodybuilding pals, including Steve Reeves, Tanny was at the gym in Santa Monica started by his brother, Vic, who years later pioneered the creation of modern health clubs, which were a big part of the Southern California fitness scene in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Vic Tanny's fitness empire eventually included gyms across the country.
In 1949, Armand Tanny married Shirley Luvin, whom he had met at Muscle Beach. His daughter was born in 1950. Tanny left Santa Monica and Muscle Beach in the late 1950s and lived in Hawaii for a decade before moving to the San Fernando Valley and going to work for Weider.
His brother died in 1985.
In addition to his daughter, Mandy, who is also a bodybuilder and writer, Tanny is survived by his grandson, Mario, a bodybuilder.
Services will be private.
-
RIP :'(
-
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-armand-tanny9-2009apr09,0,245042.story?track=rss (http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-armand-tanny9-2009apr09,0,245042.story?track=rss)
Armand Tanny, a pioneering figure in bodybuilding who won national titles in 1949 and 1950 and was a popular figure on Muscle Beach in Santa Monica during its heyday in the 1940s, has died. He was 90.
Tanny, the younger brother of gym pioneer Vic Tanny, died of natural causes Saturday at a nursing facility in Westlake Village, according to his daughter, Mandy Tanny. He had been fairly active until last year and was still driving last summer.
Originally a weightlifter, Tanny won the Mr. 1949 title, the 1949 Pro Mr. America title and the 1950 Pro Mr. USA titles in bodybuilding. In the days before steroids, he credited his wins to diet and hard work. He was a firm believer in the benefits of raw foods, including tuna, beef, liver and lobster as well as nuts, seeds, fruits and vegetables.
During the 1950s, he was one of the original nine bodybuilders from Muscle Beach who were part of Mae West's traveling nightclub act. According to the book "Remembering Muscle Beach" by Harold Zinkin with Bonnie Hearn-Hill (Angel City Press, 1999), the nine were known as Mae's Muscle Beach Men. They included such prominent bodybuilders as Joe Gold, George Eiferman, Richard DuBois, whom Zinkin and Hearn-Hill called "the star" of the group, Harry Schwartz, Dom Juliano, Lester "Shifty" Schaefer, Irvin "Zabo" Koszewski, Chuck Krauser and Tanny.
According to Hearn-Hill, Tanny organized a strike with Gold when West cut their $250-a-week salaries in half to boost the take at a New York club.
"Armand and Joe were ready to board the plane," Hearn-Hill told The Times on Wednesday. "Mae quickly caved in and they got their full salaries."
Tanny also turned to professional wrestling in the 1950s. But for much of his life, the quiet and studious Tanny made his living writing about physical fitness and bodybuilding for his friend Joe Weider's publications, including Muscle Power magazine.
Tanny was born March 5, 1919, in Rochester, N.Y. In his early teens, he was competing in weightlifting competitions. In 1941, he placed second in the heavyweight class in the Junior Nationals competition in Akron, Ohio. In that competition, he managed 230, 250 and 330 pounds in the three Olympic lifts (press, snatch, and clean and jerk). He was able to clean a 300-pound barbell one-handed.
He attended the University of Rochester before moving to Los Angeles in the late 1930s, where he enrolled at UCLA. But World War II intervened, and Tanny joined the Coast Guard and served until he suffered a knee injury. He left the service and went back to school in Westwood, earning a degree in physical therapy. He also had uncredited parts in some Hollywood films, including "Lady in the Dark" (1944) and "Frenchman's Creek" (1944). Meanwhile, he kept perfecting his body for the emerging sport of bodybuilding.
When he wasn't at the beach with early bodybuilding pals, including Steve Reeves, Tanny was at the gym in Santa Monica started by his brother, Vic, who years later pioneered the creation of modern health clubs, which were a big part of the Southern California fitness scene in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Vic Tanny's fitness empire eventually included gyms across the country.
In 1949, Armand Tanny married Shirley Luvin, whom he had met at Muscle Beach. His daughter was born in 1950. Tanny left Santa Monica and Muscle Beach in the late 1950s and lived in Hawaii for a decade before moving to the San Fernando Valley and going to work for Weider.
His brother died in 1985.
In addition to his daughter, Mandy, who is also a bodybuilder and writer, Tanny is survived by his grandson, Mario, a bodybuilder.
Services will be private.
Nice article.
-
RIP Armand.
Now, I heard a rumor this morning but still trying to confirm it. Serge Nubret was in a coma but, according to one of the other groups I belong to, has passed away. Again, I'm still trying to confirm. If anyone has any information, please let me know.
Dave Sanchez
dallasmsl@yahoo.com
:o