RIP Jack LaLanne, America's Fast-Talking TeeVee Scold
Jack LaLanne died at 96 ... 96! He was in pretty good shape until the end. Jack was a vegetarian (or "pescatarian"?), non-smoking two-hour-workout-a-day beefcakeGreco-Roman model (NS FW!) who lectured housewives and night-shifters for 30+ years on the teevee, and if you actually look at him it's like Kerouac talking at Neal Cassady speed, and it's fantastic.
He was the Michelle Obama of his time , but nobody called him Communist, even though his 10-point plan was about as Buddhist as you could find on American Teevee. [ NYT ]
Jeez. I don't know whether I want to get one of those belted short-sleeved jumpsuits, or just be buff in the buff like that incredible photo. Who knew?
Exercise, nutrition like that would make him immortal. I know it <strike>does</strike> would for me. Must have been an Obamacare Death Panel that killed him.