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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Mr. Zimbabwe on June 08, 2019, 04:35:14 PM
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Alan Fortney has sadly and suddenly passed last night. It’s suspected it was a heart attack. He was well known here for being outspoken and brutally honest.... but in person he was actually a gentle soul. I spoke to him many times at various shows. He was a big boy in person. He used to write many articles for Musclemag. In fact, he would ghost write many articles for the top pros too.
May he Rest In Peace.
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RIP Fortress!
How old was he??
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RIP Fortress!
How old was he?????
He was only 55. Still big but not crazy big.
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PIP
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Is this confirmed?
Yes. His Facebook confirms it. Appears he was pretty well known in our small industry.
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Wow. Sad news. Gruff personality from a poster perspective but liked his personality/one of the ones who makes this place the way it is.
Just looked up his pics. He was a monster.
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Alan Fortney has sadly and suddenly passed last night. It’s suspected it was a heart attack. He was well known here for being outspoken and brutally honest.... but in person he was actually a gentle soul. I spoke to him many times at various shows. He was a big boy in person. He used to write many articles for Musclemag. In fact, he would ghost write many articles for the top pros too.
May he Rest In Peace.
So sorry, pal. Be well.
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Wow. Sad news. Gruff personality from a poster perspective but liked his personality/one of the ones who makes this place the way it is.
Actually right on the money about Alan.
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PIP
X2
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Not glad he's dead.
RIP
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Shit.... I think I might have the wrong Fortney. Which would be embarrassing for me. Alan Fortney has passed. But I think our Fortney was Robert? I better double check! 😳
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This is al fortney, if it was fortress then i never realised he was so jacked
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r217/er1994/02nationals.jpg)
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Yes... I have the wrong Fortney. I must apologize to all of you. And to Robert Fortney who is our Fortress.
Sorry guys!!!! It was Alan who passed.
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Let's just start doing these every couple months for different members to get everyone's honest opinion about them...
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Shit.... I think I might have the wrong Fortney. Which would be embarrassing for me. Alan Fortney has passed. But I think our Fortney was Robert? I better double check! 😳
It’s Robert Fortney.
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Yes... I have the wrong Fortney. I must apologize to all of you. And to Robert Fortney who is our Fortress.
Sorry guys!!!! It was Alan who passed.
Just change the thread title, keep this alive
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Our legendary Fortress Rob is alive and well:
http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=396348.msg5602920#msg5602920
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Yes... I have the wrong Fortney. I must apologize to all of you. And to Robert Fortney who is our Fortress.
Sorry guys!!!! It was Alan who passed.
Dick ;D
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Yes... I have the wrong Fortney. I must apologize to all of you. And to Robert Fortney who is our Fortress.
Sorry guys!!!! It was Alan who passed.
Leave now, and never post again.
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Dick ;D
Yes I am a dick. Apologies.
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Alan might be in people's minds because he was Jade, The Gladiator's ( old time poster ) friend from Baltimore (or around there). She used to post about him. Alan was a heavy guy too, and close in age to Fortress ( Robert ).
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Yes. His Facebook confirms it. Appears he was pretty well known in our small industry.
Now you know why I asked for confirmation.
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Leave now, and never post again.
Fortress is suspending me for 2 weeks
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Now you know why I asked for confirmation.
You were correct to ask. My bad. Apologies.
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You were correct to ask. My bad. Apologies.
You have upset the Getbig Gods.
There will be hell to pay!
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I hate Fortress.
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I hate Fortress.
Why?
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Fortress livessssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssss! 8)
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I kind of wish grant hadnt realised he got the wrong fortney, then fortress suddenly posted in the thread
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I kind of wish grant hadnt realised he got the wrong fortney, then fortress suddenly posted in the thread
That would have been funny.
Does anyone have a link to Alan Fortney's Facebook page?
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That would have been funny.
Does anyone have a link to Alan Fortney's Facebook page?
www.heaven.com/al-fortney
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I kind of wish grant hadnt realised he got the wrong fortney, then fortress suddenly posted in the thread
I woulda never lived that down!!!!
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I met that Fortney guy at an expo. Many years ago. I saw his nametag and did a double take.
He was extremely pleasant. Just a likeable fellow.
This is very sad news.
RIP
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Met him at the Masters Nats once.....huge guy.
RIP
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I met that Fortney guy at an expo. Many years ago. I saw his nametag and did a double take.
He was extremely pleasant. Just a likeable fellow.
This is very sad news.
RIP
Did you catch this thread before the title was edited? Lol.
Does anyone have the Facebook page of Alan Fortney?
PS - why would anyone dislike our Fortress?
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Is our Fortress still with us?
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Did you catch this thread before the title was edited? Lol.
Does anyone have the Facebook page of Alan Fortney?
PS - why would anyone dislike our Fortress?
No, I saw it after the title correction.
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Sincere thanks to those who offered a kind word when it was thought it was me.
:)
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Sincere thanks to those who offered a kind word when it was thought it was me.
:)
I know you're pissed at me but I'm sincerely glad it wasn't you.
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PIP Iron brother. PIP.
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I know you're pissed at me but I'm sincerely glad it wasn't you.
Thanks. That’s nice to say, friend.
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Sincere thanks to those who offered a kind word when it was thought it was me.
:)
Very pleased to See it wasn’t your goodself
And you’re Posting.
Long may you continue to do so.
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Very pleased to See it wasn’t your goodself
And you’re Posting.
Long may you continue to do so.
Very nice of you to say. Thank you.
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i was wondering there for a minute, what's going to happen to fortress record collection ???
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I met Alan in the late 90's at Chad Nichols Missouri Bodybuilding Championships. Alan was in town to see Chad the "Diet Doctor". Al seemed really disappointed after meeting with Chad, said Chad didn't want to see his physique and just gave him a "cookie cutter" drug protocol, also told him he was eating too clean and needed to eat more McDonalds. Alan was a construction laborer and couldn't afford the prescribed gear and especially the high amount of HGH.
At the evening show Al's girlfriend came out of their hotel room and said Al wasn't ready yet had tried on several shirts and thought all of them made him look small. Eventually he came out with a sleeveless flannel and was the biggest guy in the room, he was weighing 290lbs at the time. During the evening show Nasser guest posed at ~300lbs and Al said "Why doesn't my 290 look like that?".
Alan was a very nice respectable guy, but at least at that time in his life he just didn't seem comfortable in his "Gorilla suit".
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Did you catch this thread before the title was edited? Lol.
Does anyone have the Facebook page of Alan Fortney?
PS - why would anyone dislike our Fortress?
C'mon now. It was clearly a joke from my end. Look at my posts in the thread and draw your conclusion. You must have been hanging out with Prime recently.
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how can anybody be mad at fortress?
he's the kinda guy that would buy you a drink if you promise to stay and listen to him rank the top-10 norwegian black metal albums of all time!
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how can anybody be mad at fortress?
he's the kinda guy that would buy you a drink if you promise to stay and listen to him rank the top-10 norwegian black metal albums of all time!
Root beer is what’s on offer.
Right now I’m jamming ... Again Shall Be by Hades. An underappreciated gem of grim and cold metal.
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I met Alan in the late 90's at Chad Nichols Missouri Bodybuilding Championships. Alan was in town to see Chad the "Diet Doctor". Al seemed really disappointed after meeting with Chad, said Chad didn't want to see his physique and just gave him a "cookie cutter" drug protocol, also told him he was eating too clean and needed to eat more McDonalds. Alan was a construction laborer and couldn't afford the prescribed gear and especially the high amount of HGH.
At the evening show Al's girlfriend came out of their hotel room and said Al wasn't ready yet had tried on several shirts and thought all of them made him look small. Eventually he came out with a sleeveless flannel and was the biggest guy in the room, he was weighing 290lbs at the time. During the evening show Nasser guest posed at ~300lbs and Al said "Why doesn't my 290 look like that?".
Alan was a very nice respectable guy, but at least at that time in his life he just didn't seem comfortable in his "Gorilla suit".
interesting post -
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This is al fortney, if it was fortress then i never realised he was so jacked
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r217/er1994/02nationals.jpg)
The abs of Ronnie, chest of Cutler, and cranium of Branch
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Very sad to hear of his passing... always liked his physique and thought he was cool. 55 is so young! :'(
Bay likey'ed.
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I'm sad it wasn't Fortress. I hope he dies.
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I'm sad it wasn't Fortress. I hope he dies.
You racist bastard!!
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You racist bastard!!
Yes, Fortress is racist. I wish all racist people would die.
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PIP.
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Very sad to hear of his passing... always liked his physique and thought he was cool. 55 is so young! :'(
Bay likey'ed.
He's still more or less intact and you could have him for less than the usual cost. :'(
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Oh, well - he wasn't going to write the Beethoven's Ninth Symphony anyway
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I met that Fortney guy at an expo. Many years ago. I saw his nametag and did a double take.
He was extremely pleasant. Just a likeable fellow.
This is very sad news.
RIP
Glad to see you aren't dead Fortress.
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Glad to see you aren't dead Fortress.
Thanks, brother.
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It's still within 24 hours. Is it too soon to start a Foundation or a gofundme campaign to help "underprivileged children"? I seem to recall Aaron Singerman did that when Dallas McCarver passed away and the fundraising goal was 150k to help children all over the country. The connection between Dallas and anonymous children was never explained... but no one seemed to care. ::)
https://www.gofundme.com/dallas-mccarver
http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=635203.200
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*Allen Fortney.
Come on, you can do better than this, Mr. Zimbabwe. Wait. Never mind.
Allen's Facebook page:
https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008069461363
Allen's MuscleMemory page...I can't believe a physique like that can only make the top 10 at Nationals!!
http://musclememory.com/show.php?a=Fortney,+Allen
A GoFundMe page posted on Allen's Facebook by a "Rhonda Jackson Webb", that no one in Allen's family is allegedly aware of:
https://www.gofundme.com/robert-allen-fortney-funeral-amp-memorial-service?fbclid=IwAR1-8MwLuoG6s1ry1iui1SsywZcKf4bRmHucsXnLF801ba-lIrDMQKiGwFA
It also states on Allen's Facebook page that a bodybuilder named Gianluca Patacano passed away.
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Bodybuilders often have a hard time re-inventing themselves after their bodybuilding run is over.
Allen Fortney probably never found a way, or a reason, to get off of bodybuilding drugs.
Well, he outlived Demayo, Nasser, Mattarazzo, Atwood, and Kovacs
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Bodybuilders often have a hard time re-inventing themselves after their bodybuilding run is over.
Allen Fortney probably never found a way, or a reason, to get off of bodybuilding drugs.
Well, he outlived Demayo, Nasser, Mattarazzo, Atwood, and Kovacs
Sadly true. He was older than all of them too.
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I pray for Coach. Don't take him Lord
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I pray for Coach. Don't take him Lord
I knew you had a secret crush on him, LittlehomoJ