Saddest deaths in bodybuilding history.

[wes]

Don Ross was great.....loved reading all of his training articles.

RIP

[Bevo]

Weight-training enthusiast and journalist Steve Neece collapsed in front of a store’s magazine rack and briefly pounded his own chest, screaming, “No! No! No!”

Good guy.

RIP

Two days later and I still find this hilarious for some reason hahaha

[usmcdevildoc]

#1 Zyzz
#2 Dallas
#3 Luke Wood

Rest In Peace all. Gone way too soon.

Saddest was Dallas because his bud Josh L. didn't know CPR. He can live with that his entire life.

[Tha Grim Lifter]

Saddest was Dallas because his bud Josh L. didn't know CPR. He can live with that his entire life.

Pffff….Dallas had serious problems previously and still kept going hard. He would have died in the next year or two if he hadn't of stopped taking all the drugs which lets face it he wasn't going to do. Hardly Josh L's fault. Porter Cotrell did know CPR and couldn't save Mohammad Benizza, can't blame the guy that lived.

[illuminati]

Pffff….Dallas had serious problems previously and still kept going hard. He would have died in the next year or two if he hadn't of stopped taking all the drugs which lets face it he wasn't going to do. Hardly Josh L's fault. Porter Cotrell did know CPR and couldn't save Mohammad Benizza, can't blame the guy that lived.

Exactly Right.

[Ronnie Rep]

Nope. Don Ross.  So sad...

Loved the bodybuilding life for 25+ years. Gave everything he had to the world of bodybuilding. Loved the sport. Helped hundreds of people get in shape. Love nutrition, fitness and bodybuilding. After 25+ years he had almost nothing. Nothing...

...Then after being a featured writer and photographer for so many years he became the Editor & Chief for Muscular development.  $70,000 per year.  Company car.  Expense account. Paid travel.  After all those years of work and getting amost nothing-  he did it! Six months later he had a massive heart attack and died.

Tommy was friends with his wife Rita on Facebook until I deleted it about a year and a half a go. She was a very cool lady. Talked about Don quite a bit.

[usmcdevildoc]

Pffff….Dallas had serious problems previously and still kept going hard. He would have died in the next year or two if he hadn't of stopped taking all the drugs which lets face it he wasn't going to do. Hardly Josh L's fault. Porter Cotrell did know CPR and couldn't save Mohammad Benizza, can't blame the guy that lived.

Yes a combinatiin of the dangerous doctors and Josh L.'s ignorance.

[Fortress]

Two days later and I still find this hilarious for some reason hahaha

Despite his death being sad, I know what you mean. When the story was told to me, it fit right in with the personality I knew. The big fella was no-nonsense and very much a man’s man. I could absolutely visualize him doing this. Defiance and masculine stubbornness right till the end.

Awesome AND funny.

[Skylge]

All deaths mentioned here were self inflicted. Tragic? I'm afraid they were caused by arrogance, stupidity, and many mental disorders / lack of self knowledge

[BB]

Debbie Dobbins

I do remember this one being very sad. If I remember, it was a house fire, maybe started by Christmas decorations.

[BB]

On the Don Ross thing - I remember he was dieting down a bit, felt a pain in his chest and waited a little, then went back to the treadmill. People use to wonder if he'd still be ok if he just left for the day or went to the hospital.

[Bevo]

All deaths mentioned here were self inflicted. Tragic? I'm afraid they were caused by arrogance, stupidity, and many mental disorders / lack of self knowledge

I’m sure it had nothing to do with drugs, all predisposed genetic conditions 

[Earl1972]

All deaths mentioned here were self inflicted. Tragic? I'm afraid they were caused by arrogance, stupidity, and many mental disorders / lack of self knowledge

this could be argued for almost any death of a person younger than 80

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[Taffin]

Weight-training enthusiast and journalist Steve Neece collapsed in front of a store’s magazine rack and briefly pounded his own chest, screaming, “No! No! No!”

Good guy.

RIP

Is this true?  His gossip column in MuscleMag was one of the best things about it... always wondered what happened to him

PIP

[Fortress]

Is this true?  His gossip column in MuscleMag was one of the best things about it... always wondered what happened to him

PIP

Apparently, yes.

His column was awesome.

[usmcdevildoc]

I never read anything negative about Matarazzo, I guess he was really a nice guy. One of my fav too since he was Italian

Ed Conners should have paid gor his heart transplant after all he was a house guest and provided Ed with dick.

[illuminati]

Ed Conners should have paid gor his heart transplant after all he was a house guest and provided Ed with dick.

Not sure I want to anymore - Are you implying Mike was butt fucking Ed.
Didn’t know that Mike was that way. Oh Dear.

[wes]

Ed Conners should have paid gor his heart transplant after all he was a house guest and provided Ed with dick.

BEEFYHEAVYWEIGHT 

IS THAT YOU 

[usmcdevildoc]

Ed Conners should have paid gor his heart transplant after all he was a house guest and provided Ed with dick.

Having Ed Conners suck your dick was a right of passage I thought. He has had just about everyone.
Friend said he saw him grope Jay Cutler and blow several.

[Ronnie Rep]

Is this true?  His gossip column in MuscleMag was one of the best things about it... always wondered what happened to him

PIP

Yes, he also had a newsletter with the same name which I subscribed to. Great reading.

[chaos]

Fortress

[Matt]

Alan Fortney.

[IRON CROSS]

Saddest was Dallas because his bud Josh L. didn't know CPR. He can live with that his entire life.

Perhaps Steve Reeves dead was very sad, explain in details his friend on IronAge 

[Matt]

Perhaps Steve Reeves dead was very sad, explain in details his friend on IronAge 

Wasn't Steve Reeves 74 or 76 when he died?

What made it sad?

I will check on Wikipedia now.

[IRON CROSS]

Wasn't Steve Reeves 74 or 76 when he died?

What made it sad?

I will check on Wikipedia now.

Blood clot, that guy was near his hospital bed when Steve died !?.

Perhaps, someone remember his name .