I just found out from my buddy Reg Lewis that two acquaintances of mine passed away. Both worked with Reg in Mae West's nighclub act back in the 1950s.
Armand Tanny passed away on Saturday at age 90. He was a super nice guy and we were going to do an interview but he would only do it if I came down in person. Unfortunately that never happened.

Here is his obit:
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-armand-tanny9-2009apr09,0,245042.storyAlso, Irvin "Zabo" Koszewski passed away March 29 at age 84. I believe he was still living in the Santa Monica area. He worked in films from time to time like ATHENA and SPARTACUS and even played one of the apes in PLANET OF THE APES.
Even into his 80s he had better abs then most guys in their 20s!
I never interviewed him, but he was kind enough to autograph a couple of the old Health magazines that he was on the cover of back in the day.

What is ironic is that most of the famous bodybuilders of today will likely never reach the age that these old timers did, because for so many of the current crop it isn't about living a healthy lifestyle like it was for the old timers, it is
only about winning and being the biggest, by any means possible.