The Bodies we know of and the Funerals he did not attend:
Youngblood
Atwood
Trevor Smith
Nasser
Dallas McCarver
These are a few we know of. I'm certain the Body Count is higher among the Amateurs affiliated with The Chad.
To be fair, Trevor Smith was GIGANTIC. I believe he tipped the scales at over 400-lb at 6'3 in height, and certainly The Chad cannot be reasonably held accountable for Trevor's penchant/desire to be that humongous. He may well have provided the knowledge so that Trevor could do it, but Trevor made a choice to be a big man, and paid the price, in terms of reducing his lifespan drastically.
As for the others, most were also mass monsters, with Don being up there in age a little, and Nasser being almost 48 at the time and still over 300-lb.
Nasser hadn't competed since 2005, so it's hard to blame Chad. Atwood died in 2011, and I believe his last contest was in 2006. My point is - these guys chose to be big. They decided that they would
ratherbebig, and went from there. In other words, Chad may well share some of the responsibility, but the key word -
share. They were big boys - they were responsible as well.
Yeah I believe I read he started lifting at 36
Vince Taylor started training in 1983, which was the year he turned 27. I am uncertain of the month he started training, but I believe it was after he turned 27. I think that is right, but it has likely been over a decade since I saw that information.
Don Youngblood started working out around 1987-1988. He was either 33 or 34 depending on what source you read - with Don stating either age depending on the interview. In this interview with Ron Avidan, Don Youngblood states that he started training at age 33:
https://www.getbig.com/iview/youngblood020111.htm