| LC control no. | n 82131019 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Lyon, Lisa |
| Variant(s) | Lyons, Lisa (Bodybuilder) Lyon-Lilly, Lisa Lilly, Lisa |
| Located | Malibu (Calif.) Westlake Village (Calif.) |
| Birth date | 1953-05-13 |
| Death date | 2023-09-08 |
| Place of birth | Los Angeles (Calif.) |
| Place of death | Westlake Village (Calif.) |
| Field of activity | Bodybuilding Weight training Motion pictures Conceptual art |
| Affiliation | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Profession or occupation | Bodybuilders Photographers' models Actors Artists |
| Found in | Mapplethorpe, R. Lady, Lisa Lyon, 1983 (subj.) CIP t.p. (Lisa Lyon) Trois couronnes du matelot, [2006]: (Lisa Lyon, cast) IMDb, October 18, 2016: (Lisa Lyon, actress; born 1953 in Los Angeles, California, as Lisa Lyons; subjet of book by R. Mapplethorpe) Wikipedia, October 18, 2016: (Lisa Lyon, female bodybuilder and photomodel; studied art at UCLA; won the first International Federation of Bodybuilders women's championship in 1979, phasing into a career of promoting bodybuilding for women and as a photographer's model; probably best known for her association with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe; also had a short acting career) Spy magazine, profile article on Lisa Lyon by John Lombardi, published in the October 1991 issue, accessed through Google books, October 18, 2016: (Lisa Lyon; grew up in Westwood, Los Angeles) Unintentional-iron.blogspot.com, essay by James Killus on Lisa Lyon, published December 23, 2007, accessed October 18, 2016: (Lisa Lyon; also associated with John C. Lilly, counter-culture figure, and as an adult beccame one of his four adopted children) Preface written by Burgess Meredith to The scientist: a metaphysical autobiography, by John C. Lilly, accessed through Googlebooks, October 18, 2016: (Lisa Lyon-Lilly, conceptual artist, first World Women's body building champion, adopted daughter of John C. Lilly) New York Times obituary for John C. Lilly, published October 7, 2001, accessed October 20, 2016: (Lisa Lilly of Malibu, California, surviving daughter of John C. Lilly) Washington post WWW site, viewed September 19, 2023 (in obituary dated September 15, 2023: Lisa Lyon was a bodybuilding pioneer, a onetime dancer and competitive sword-fighter who, at 26, became the first winner of the Women's World Pro Bodybuilding Championship. Ms. Lyon, who died Sept. 8 at 70, never entered another bodybuilding competition after winning her world title. Lisa Robin Lyon was born in Los Angeles on May 13, 1953. She published an instructional book, "Lisa Lyon's Body Magic" (1981). Ms. Lyon's death at her home in Westlake Village, Calif. was confirmed by her sister) |
| Associated language | eng |
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