BiffSplitkins Posted March 25, 2013 #1 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Joe Weider, a Los Angeles-based bodybuilding pioneer who created a multimillion-dollar fitness publishing empire and mentored a young Arnold Schwarzenegger from the time the future actor and California governor was a struggling unknown, died Saturday, a family spokeswoman said. He was 93. Weider, who discovered a teenage Schwarzenegger at a bodybuilding contest in Europe and sponsored the young Austrian's move to the U.S., died of heart failure at a Los Angeles hospital, said Charlotte Parker, his longtime READ MORE When I was a scrawny little teenager I must have drank about 50 gallons of Joe Weider's Dynamic Weight Gainer. It tasted horrible and never really worked but I never gave up. Kudos to this man for his great business sense and for discovering Schwarzenegger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashotep Posted March 25, 2013 #2 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MainerMikeBrown Posted April 3, 2013 #3 Share Posted April 3, 2013 I hope Weider was happy enough in his life to make the 93 years he lived enjoyable and worthwhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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