Funeral service from Paperman & Sons at 3888 Jean Talon West on Monday, October 20 at 1 pm in Montreal, Canada. More inforation, call 514-733-7101. Burial at the Victorian Cemetery Association, de la savane. Shiva strictly private. Please respect the family’s wishes to observe shiva in the strictest of privacy. Contributions in his memory may be made to the Ben Weider Jewish Community Centre. 514-737-6551 or to the Cardiology Research Fund, Jewish General Hospital Foundation.<\/p>\n
February 1, 1923 \u2013 October 17, 2008<\/p>\n
Ben Weider, sports leader, scholar, businessman, and philanthropist, known and honored worldwide for his pioneering work promoting and organizing the sport of bodybuilding and groundbreaking work as a self-taught but hugely influential and popular Napoleonic historian and author, died suddenly Friday in Montreal, city of his birth and lifelong home. He was 85 years old.<\/p>\n
Beloved husband of Huguette Derouin for 49 years. Devoted father and father-in-law of Louis and Linda, Eric and Renee, Mark and Natalie. Cherished grandfather of Aisha, Joseph and Vanessa. Dear brother and brother-in-law of Joe and Betty, Freda Yankofsky, the late Jacob, the late Louis and brother-in-law of Bertha Levy and Andre Derouin.<\/p>\n
About the Ben Weider Jewish Community Centre. The Ben Weider Jewish Community Centre provides a full range of fitness, recreational, educational and community-oriented social programmes for children and adults. The state-of-the-art facility houses the Annie and Nathan Steinberg Aquatic Centre complete with an 8 lane, 25 metre pool; Hoppenheim\/Eltes Gymnasiums; a studio gym; the Mark Wasserman Aerobic Centre; a weight room; the Reinitz Wrestling Centre; the Schwartz\/Segel Family Childcare Program; the Pollack Education Centre; a full-service men’s and women’s health club; Physio Plus Sports Medicine and Physiotherapy Clinic; a kosher restaurant; meeting rooms; indoor parking and a car wash service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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