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"Fitness guru Jack LaLanne has died at the age of 96, family and friends confirmed to the Associated Press.  LaLanne, who spent his long life exercising, keeping a healthy diet and advocating the same for all Americans, passed away Sunday in his Morro Bay, Calif. home; the cause was respiratory failure due to pneumonia.\r\nElaine LaLanne, his wife of 51 years and frequent companion during TV appearances, said in a written statement: &amp;quot;I have not only lost my husband and a great American icon, but the best friend and most loving partner anyone could ever hope for.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nLaLanne was famous for maintaining a muscular, healthy look far into his geriatric years.  He became a star with a morning workout show -- using exercises that required no special equipment -- that aired on TV from the 1950s through the 70s.\r\nHe also founded a chain of eponymous health clubs as well as a popular &amp;quot;Power Juicer&amp;quot; product.\r\n&amp;quot;The only way you can hurt the body is not use it,&amp;quot; he once said. &amp;quot;Inactivity is the killer and, remember, it&amp;apos;s never too late.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nAmong his impressive fitness victories: At age 43, he performed 1,000 pushups in 23 minutes during a TV show. At age 60, he swam from Alcatraz Island to Fisherman&amp;apos;s Wharf in San Francisco while handcuffed, shackled and towing a boat.\r\n&amp;quot;I never think of my age, never,&amp;quot; he said in 1990. &amp;quot;I could be 20 or 100. I never think about it, I&amp;apos;m just me. Look at Bob Hope, George Burns. They&amp;apos;re more productive than they&amp;apos;ve ever been in their whole lives right now.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nArnold Schwarzenegger said in 1990 of his fellow fitness icon: &amp;quot;He laid the groundwork for others to have exercise programs, and now it has bloomed from that black and white program into a very colorful enterprise.&amp;quot;\r\n&amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s a lifestyle, it&amp;apos;s something you do the rest of your life,&amp;quot; LaLanne once explained. &amp;quot;How long are you going to keep breathing? How long do you keep eating? You just do it.&amp;quot;\r\nThe star is survived by his wife plus two sons, Dan and Jon, and daughter Yvonne."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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