In the mid-nineties, when I was an editor at MuscleMag, I vividly recall passing a STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL young woman in an office hallway.
Melissa was a rising bodybuilder at the time Bob Kennedy told me. A former successful tennis player.
Can’t remember speaking with her much, if at all.
But MAN was she beautiful.
Then each year I’d see that beauty slip inch by inch with more steroid use, and then, as I’d imagine, rec drug use. And then the plastic surgery, lifestyle, etc.
Not a surprise she’s now dead.
We orchestrate our own fates.
Still, sad.