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Francois Henri "Jack" LaLanne was anAmerican fitness, exercise, nutrition expert and motivational speaker who had been called the "Godfather of Fitness". He published several books about fitness and hosting a fitness TV show between 1951 and 1985.LaLanne won recognition for its success as a bodybuilder, as well as his large holdings of strength. He was inducted into California Hall of Fame, and has a star on the Walk of Fame theHollywood.

Jack LaLanne sadly passed away at the age of 96

Synonymous with physical fitness, Jack LaLanne unfortunately died at the age of 96 on his Morro Bay, California home on Sunday, 23 January 2011.The prolonged "The Jack LaLanne Show" TV host was apparently comforted by their loved ones, as he succumbed to respiratory failure because of pneumonia.Talking Reuters daughter Yvonne LaLanne said: "He was surrounded by his family and went very peacefully and in no distress ... and with the football game on Sunday, so everything was normal."