Author Topic: Johnny Morant RIP (Read 5962 times)

Gym Rat · « **on:** March 06, 2024, 11:34:21 AM »

RIP

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Sad news to report as Johnnie Morant, 1989 NPC North American Championships Overall Winner and icon of New Jersey bodybuilding, has passed away. We pass our warmest thoughts and condolences to his family, friends, and followers.

Royalty · « **Reply #1 on:** March 06, 2024, 11:40:57 AM »

One of my favorites in the early 90’s!!!!

Thin Lizzy · « **Reply #2 on:** March 06, 2024, 11:41:55 AM »

Damn. Couldn’t have been that old:

🙏🙏🙏

BB · « **Reply #3 on:** March 06, 2024, 11:44:20 AM »

Wouldn't have thought he'd go early, he ran a successful gym / training business in NJ. RIP.

Hard to find recent pics, but here's one from a few years ago -

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I think he'd be in his mid 50s.

Royalty · « **Reply #4 on:** March 06, 2024, 11:47:48 AM »

Doing curls with 300LB

michael arvilla · « **Reply #5 on:** March 06, 2024, 11:48:44 AM »

Saw and met him at the 1990 Night Of Champions ( have pics somewhere) .. was only 65

Never1AShow · « **Reply #6 on:** March 06, 2024, 11:57:32 AM »

PIP. All the way big dude. (For some reason I’d been thinking Johnny Morant was the person running the Charlotte Cup, Johnny Stewart.)

wes · « **Reply #7 on:** March 06, 2024, 12:06:11 PM »

Great bodybuilder!!

RIP

Rambone · « **Reply #8 on:** March 06, 2024, 12:16:05 PM »

Very cool physique

mops · « **Reply #9 on:** March 06, 2024, 12:22:30 PM »

Memento Morant

LurkerNoMore · « **Reply #10 on:** March 06, 2024, 12:45:10 PM »

I always found him to be a bigger version of JJ Marsh. Which isn't a bad thing.

Always seemed to be held back by something from achieving the size/conditioning that he needed. Lack of drugs, or maybe too smart to use the amount necessary or whatever. If it were not for the WBF, most would not have ever heard of him.

He did have a really nice physique.

Titus Pullo · « **Reply #11 on:** March 06, 2024, 01:28:39 PM »

Yeah. He was a good bodybuilder. Too bad

Bevo · « **Reply #12 on:** March 06, 2024, 01:37:06 PM »

His son Ja Morant plays in the NBA

njflex · « **Reply #13 on:** March 06, 2024, 01:59:32 PM »

PART OF THE KEMPER CREW DIAMOND GYM...RIP

Thin Lizzy · « **Reply #14 on:** March 06, 2024, 02:02:56 PM »

Quote from: njflex on March 06, 2024, 01:59:32 PM

PART OF THE KEMPER CREW DIAMOND GYM...RIP

Essentially the East Coast Mecca back in the day when bodybuilding was a cool sub culture as opposed to the current freak show..

Moontrane · « **Reply #15 on:** March 06, 2024, 02:08:33 PM »

Quote from: michael arvilla on March 06, 2024, 11:48:44 AM

Saw and met him at the 1990 Night Of Champions ( have pics somewhere) .. was only 65

I was at the NOC prejudging and recall he and Robby Robinson high-fiving. It seemed like a passing of the baton at the time.

And Bert Perry yelling "Frank Zane" whenever Francis Benfatto twitched.