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Eugen Sandow (born Friedrich Wilhelm Müller, German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈmʏlɐ]; 2 April 1867 – 14 October 1925) was a German bodybuilder and showman from Prussia. [2] He was born in Königsberg , and became interested in bodybuilding at the age of ten during a visit to Italy.
Died from syphilis [16] Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901), French painter [17] Eugen Sandow (1867–1925), German bodybuilder Suspected to have had syphilis [18] [19] Vladimir Lenin (1870–1924), Soviet politician Retrospectively diagnosed or suspected to have died of syphilis. [20] Karen Blixen (1885–1962), Danish writer [21]
In 1902 Brumbach defeated the famous strongman Eugen Sandow in a weightlifting contest in New York City. Katie lifted a weight of 300 pounds over her head, which Sandow managed to lift only to his chest. After this victory, she adopted the stage name "Sandwina" as a feminine derivative of Sandow. [1] [2]
In 1924, Klein arrived in New York City and arranged to take over operation of a gymnasium previously owned by Louis Attila, the inventor of the bent press weight training exercise and trainer of pioneering bodybuilder Eugen Sandow. [3] [4] [5] Klein met and later married Attila's daughter Grace. [3]
De Bruteil died in June 1971, and Courson died in 1974, per The Independent. Faithful still maintains that De Breteil had a hand in Morrison’s death by selling him the drugs that killed him.
At one point during a bent press performance Saxon claimed the act could not be repeated by the famous Eugen Sandow. Unbeknownst to Saxon, on February 26, 1898, Sandow, in the audience at the time, accepted the challenge. Sandow was unable to replicate the lift and, in retaliation, took the Saxon Trio to court.
Jensen’s daughter was 4 years old when he died, and she spoke about how painful it was to grow up without a father. Creech’s supporters say he is a deeply changed man.
In the days since, guns have killed at least 2244 more people. Chicago has seen more recent gun deaths than any other city in the U.S. In a speech there, President Obama said "too many of our children are being taken away from us" as a result of gun violence.