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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/tv-fitness-guru-jack-lalanne-dies.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Fitness pioneer Jack LaLanne, who has died aged 96 (AP)" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/min-tv-fitness-guru-jack-lalanne-dies.jpg" alt="Fitness pioneer Jack LaLanne, who has died aged 96 (AP)"/></a></p>
<p>Jack LaLanne, the fitness guru who inspired US television viewers to trim down and pump iron for decades before exercise became a national obsession, has died at 96.</p>
<p>Mr LaLanne died of respiratory failure due to pneumonia on Sunday at his home in Morro Bay on California&#8217;s central coast, his long-time agent Rick Hersh said.</p>
<p>The fitness fanatic ate healthily and exercised every day until he died, Mr Hersh said.</p>
<p>&#8220;I have not only lost my husband and a great American icon, but the best friend and most loving partner anyone could ever hope for,&#8221; Elaine LaLanne, Mr Lalanne&#8217;s wife of 51 years and a frequent partner in his TV appearances, said.</p>
<p>Mr LaLanne credited a sudden interest in fitness with transforming his life as a teenager and he worked tirelessly over the next eight decades to transform others&#8217; lives, too.</p>
<p>&#8220;The only way you can hurt the body is not use it,&#8221; Mr LaLanne said. &#8220;Inactivity is the killer and, remember, it&#8217;s never too late.&#8221;</p>
<p>His workout show was a television staple from the 1950s to the 70s. Mr LaLanne and his dog Happy encouraged children to wake their mothers and drag them in front of the television set.</p>
<p>He developed exercises that used no special equipment, just a chair and a towel.</p>
<p>He also founded a chain of fitness studios that bore his name and in recent years touted the value of raw fruit and vegetables as he helped market a machine called Jack LaLanne&#8217;s Power Juicer.</p>
<p>In addition to his wife, he is survived by two sons, Dan and Jon, and a daughter, Yvonne.</p>
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