Before Richard Simmons, there was Jack LaLanne. Clad in his trademark shiny jumpsuits LaLanne was among the first fitness gurus to exhort Americans to get off the couch and get active. He led by ...

Fitness guru Jack LaLanne, a television staple from the 1950s to 1970s known for promoting exercising and healthy lifestyle choices and who is considered to be the father of physical fitness movement, ...

Fitness guru Jack LaLanne spent his life making others smile and feel better. His motto remained the same for nine decades: "Work out and eat right and you will retain youthfulness and vigor." I was ...

HOLLYWOOD HILLS — Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, fitness icon Richard Simmons and former “Hulk” star Lou Ferrigno were among hundreds of friends and family who packed an auditorium Tuesday to ...

Elaine LaLanne and her husband Jack LaLanne built a fitness empire that started in the 1950s. At 97, LaLanne is in great health and spirits, and still exercises every day. She shared the four things ...

LOS ANGELES - Jack LaLanne, the fitness guru who inspired television viewers to trim down, eat well and pump iron for decades before diet and exercise became a national obsession, died Sunday. He was ...

Jack LaLanne and the late Harold Zinkin of Fresno posed for a famous human pyramid picture at muscle beach in the forties in Santa Monica. It was the birthplace of America's fitness movement. On ...

LOS ANGELES -- Jack LaLanne, the seemingly eternal master of health and fitness who first popularized the idea that Americans should work out and eat right to retain youthfulness and vigor, died ...

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LOS ANGELES Decades before exercise became a national obsession, LaLanne was inspiring his viewers to get in shape. He became known as the "godfather of fitness." LaLanne's long life is a testament to ...