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Joe Weider
Josef Weider was a Canadian publisher and entrepreneur who co-founded the International Federation of BodyBuilders (IFBB) alongside his brother Ben Weider. He was also the creator of Mr. Olympia, Ms. Olympia, and the Masters Olympia bodybuilding contests. He was the publisher of various bodybuilding and fitness-related magazines, most notably Muscle & Fitness, Flex, Men's Fitness, and Shape, and t…
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business · Canadian bodybuilder and businessman (1919–2013) · functionary · editor · businessperson · entrepreneur · bodybuilder · also Joe Weider, Josef Edwin Weider, Joseph Weider, Weider
Born 29 November 1919 · Died 23 March 2013 · Q719348
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2014· 2 entries
Was inducted into the International Sports Hall of Fame
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Joe, Ben and Betty were inducted into the International Sports Hall of Fame
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2013· 4 entries
MediaPost: Joe Weider, 93, Put Marketing Into Muscle
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al.com: Joe Weider, fitness mentor to Schwarzenegger, dies
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At Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, at the age of 93
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Died 2013-03-23.
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2009· 1 entry
Awarded California Hall of Fame (2009).
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2003· 1 entry
His publication company, Weider Publications, was sold to American Media
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2000· 1 entry
Weider Nutritional International settled another FTC complaint involving false claims made for alleged weight loss products
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1985· 1 entry
When Weider and his company agreed not to falsely claim that the products could help build muscles or be effective substitutes for anabolic steroids
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1984· 1 entry
The FTC charged that ads for Weider's Anabolic Mega-Pak (containing amino acids, minerals, vitamins, and herbs) and Dynamic Life Essence (an amino acid product) had been misleading
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1983· 1 entry
Weider was named "Publisher of the Year" by The Periodical and Book Association
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1972· 2 entries
Weider encountered legal problems for claims made in his booklet Be a Destructive Self-Defense Fighter in Just 12 Short Lessons
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Weider and his brother Ben found themselves the target of an investigation led by U
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1968· 1 entry
The brothers brought Arnold Schwarzenegger to California
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1961· 1 entry
Weider married Betty Brosmer, who was then the highest-paid pin-up girl in the U
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1940· 1 entry
And built a set of barbells out of car wheels and axles the same year out of the family garage on Coloniale Street in Montreal
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1936· 1 entry
Considered the first sports nutrition company
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1919· 1 entry
Born 1919-11-29.
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