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Weider, Joe

LC control no.n 81015242
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingWeider, Joe
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Variant(s)Weider, Josef
Weider, Joseph E.
Birth date19191129
Death date20130323
Place of birthMontréal, Québec
Place of deathLos Angeles, Calif.
Field of activityBodybuilding
Profession or occupationBodybuilder
Found inThe Best of Joe ... c1981 (a.e.) t.p. (Joe Weider)
His Joe Weider's bodybuilding system, c1988: CIP data sheet (Joe Weider; b. 1922)
New York times (online), viewed Mar. 25, 2013 (in obituary published Mar. 23: Joe Weider; b. Josef Weider, Montreal (always gave his birth date as Nov. 29, but in years ranging from 1919 to 1923; the year was uncertain because records were lost in a fire; however, his publicist said he was born in 1919); d. Saturday [Mar. 23, 2013], Los Angeles, aged 93; scrawny youngster who sculptured himself with bodybuilding during the Great Depression and created an empire of muscle magazines, fitness equipment, doubtful dietary supplements, and Olympic-style contests featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger)
Mr. America (Jersey City, N.J.), August 1952: page [3] (Joseph E. Weider, editor-in-chief)
Associated languageeng
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