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Joe Weider, a legendary figure in the world of bodybuilding whose name became synonymous with the sport, died Saturday at the age of 93. ... homemade weights he built from scrap parts.

Joe Weider, the bodybuilding pioneer who once mentored a young Arnold Schwarzenegger, died Saturday in Los Angeles, his family confirmed. He was 93. The cause of death was heart failure.

He created one of bodybuilding's pre-eminent events, the Mr. Olympia competition, in 1965, adding to it the Ms. Olympia contest in 1980, the Fitness Olympia in 1995 and the Figure Olympia in 2003.

Joe Weider, fitness mentor to Schwarzenegger, dies. ... Inspired instead by the magazine, he built his own weights from scrap parts found in a railroad yard and pumped them relentlessly.

In recent years, Mr. Weider donated much of his bodybuilding memorabilia to the University of Texas at Austin, which opened the Joe and Betty Weider Museum of Physical Culture in 2011.

Joe Weider, the self-made fitness and bodybuilding guru who built a magazine empire that included more than a dozen popular publications such as Muscle and Fitness, Shape and Men’s Fitness, died ...

Joe Weider, revolutionary founder of a bodybuilding empire, died from heart failure in Los Angeles, California on Mar. 23. He was 93 years old. Joe Weider Dead — Bodybuilding King, Arnold ...

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