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Author Charles Gaines, who popularized the world of bodybuilding with 'Pumping Iron,' dies at 84

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NEW YORK (AP) — Charles Gaines, the author whose book and documentary “Pumping Iron” helped bring professional bodybuilding into the mainstream and introduce Arnold Schwarzenegger to the world, has died. He was 84. Gaines died Tuesday, according to Greta Gaines, the author’s daughter. She did not reveal a cause. “You always marched to your own […]

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