R.I.P Joe Weider, thank you for everything! The father of modern day bodybuilding dies at 93.

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In this photo: Bill Rosendahl, Franco Columbu, Joe Wheatley, Joe Weider, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bill Howard at the 2006 Labor Day Bodybuilding and figure contest at Muscle Beach Gym in Venice, CA. Event produced by Joe Wheatley of www.MuscleBeachVenice.com.

Insert taken from the New York Times:
“Joe Weider, a scrawny kid who sculpted himself with bodybuilding during the Great Depression and created an empire of muscle magazines, fitness equipment, doubtful dietary supplements and Olympic-style contests featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger, died on Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 93.”

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