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Jack LaLanne

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Jack LaLanne

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Also known as Francois Henri LaLanne, Francois LaLanne, Francois Lalanne

American exercise instructor (1914–2011)

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Jack LaLanne was an American nutritionist, businessperson, inventor, and chiropractor. Born François Jack LaLanne in San Francisco in 1914, he worked in the fields of alternative medicine, bodybuilding, physical fitness, and healthy lifestyle. His professional career began in 1959. He authored works such as *Your figure, Your diet does it*, *Glamour-stretcher*, *Fiscal fitness*, and *Live Young Forever*.

LaLanne received the California Hall of Fame award and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He died of pneumonia in Morro Bay on January 23, 2011, due to natural causes. He is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. He spoke and wrote in English.

Synthesized by Vinony from 42 facts across 9 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Firecrawl, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
1914
Works
8

Top works

  • Your figure
  • Your diet does it
  • Glamour-stretcher
  • Fiscal fitness
  • Live Young Forever

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Film & TV

Acting · San Francisco, California, USA

LaLanne was addicted to sugar as a child, causing him to commit acts of violence, including setting his parents' house on fire and attacking his brother with an axe. He was so weak his family physician recommended he be removed from school to rest and regain his strength. Around this time, he and his mother attended a lecture by Paul C. Bragg, a nutritionist who told LaLanne he was a human…

Known for

  • History 101 — Self (archive footage)2020
  • How to Live Forever — Self2011
  • The Year Without a Santa Claus — Hercules2006
  • The Tony Danza Show — Self2004
  • Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina2003
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self2003
  • Life with Bonnie — Jack LaLanne2002
  • Beefcake — Self1998
  • E! True Hollywood Story1996
  • Arli$$ — Jack LaLanne1996

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
FR
Active from
1958-08-08

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
86
Total plays
961

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. A simple method for displaying the hydropathic character of a protein

    · 1982 · cited 18,689x

  2. Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    · 2020 · cited 15,951x

  3. Accurate structure prediction of biomolecular interactions with AlphaFold 3

    · 2024 · cited 15,161x

  4. The diagnosis of dementia due to Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging‐Alzheimer's Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease

    · 2011 · cited 13,446x

  5. APACHE II

    · 1985 · cited 13,285x

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Official website

Jack LaLanne

The official website of the godfather of fitness, Jack LaLanne & his wife the First Lady of physical fitness Elaine Lalanne. The family that pioneered modern fitness, eating healthy and taking responsibility for your own personal health and wellness., The official website of the godfather of fitness, Jack LaLanne & his wife the First Lady of physical fitness Elaine Lalanne. The family that pioneered modern fitness, eating healthy and taking responsibility for your own personal health and wellness.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Jack
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
San Francisco
Place of death
Morro Bay
Occupation
entrepreneur
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Award
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Academic degree
chiropractor
Field of work
healthy lifestyle
Sport
bodybuilding
Official website
www.jacklalanne.com
Image
Jack LaLanne.jpg
Height
1.67
Work location
California
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place of burial
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Commons category
Jack LaLanne
date of birth
1914-09-28
date of death
2011-01-23
manner of death
natural causes
cause of death
pneumonia
start of work period
1959-00-00
writing language
English language
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Encyclopedic overview

Francois Henri "Jack" LaLanne (/ləˈleɪn/; September 26, 1914 – January 23, 2011) was an American fitness and nutrition guru and motivational speaker. He described himself as being a "sugarholic" and a "junk food junkie" until he was 15 years old. He also had behavioral problems but "turned his life around" after listening to a public lecture about the benefits of good nutrition by health food pioneer Paul Bragg. During his career, he came to believe that the country's overall health depended on the health of its population, and he referred to physical culture and nutrition as "the salvation of America". He was nicknamed the "Godfather of Fitness".

LaLanne hosted the first and longest-running nationally syndicated fitness television program, The Jack LaLanne Show, from 1951 to 1985. He published numerous books on fitness and was widely recognized for publicly preaching the health benefits of regular exercise and a good diet. He started working out with weights when they were an oddity. As early as 1936, at the age of 21, he opened the nation's first modern health club in Oakland, California, which became a prototype for dozens of similar gyms bearing his name, later licensing them to Bally.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jack LaLanne” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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