“in grave condition in LA hospice with pancreatic cancer” describes the current state of bodybuilding pioneer and playboy model Lisa Lyon, who served as the inspiration for Marvel’s Elektra.Lisa Lyon is a buddy of Arnold Schwarzenegger and the author of a bodybuilding book.After her 1980s Playboy role, she starred in three more films.The most recent sports coverage from around the world can be found on DailyMail.com.For Dailymail.com, Jack Bezants Time of last update: 8:29, September 3, 2023 EDT
According to TMZ, women’s bodybuilding icon Lisa Lyon is in critical condition with pancreatic cancer.Apparently, Lyon, who also posed for Playboy in 1980, is currently receiving care at a hospice in Los Angeles’s San Fernando Valley.Although she is best recognized for her career as a bodybuilder, she is also thought to have served as an inspiration for Frank Miller’s creation of the Marvel Comics character Elektra.
Action movie ‘Elektra’ (2005) starring Jennifer Garner. However, Lyon’s influence was not limited to the realm of comic books.She became acquaintances with Arnold Schwarzenegger after writing a book about bodybuilding (‘Lisa Lyon’s Body Magic’) in 1980.
TMZ reports that he has called Lyon “the best — I love her.” According to GreatestPhysiques.Com, she was a “one-woman media-relations activist on behalf of the sport and Elevating bodybuilding to the level of fine art” when she was inducted into the International Fitness and Bodybuilding Hall of Fame in the year 2000.Andy Warhol’s official photographer Robert Mapplethorpe used Lyon as a model as well.Numerous bodybuilding websites state that Lyon was born in 1953, making her approximately 70 years old.Her Los Angeles upbringing and subsequent fame as a Playboy model led to roles in three feature films she starred in throughout the 1980s.She first appeared on screen in Thee Crowns of the Sailor in 1983 and then in Getting Physical the following year. In 1986’s Vamp was her swan song.
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