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Health Update on Robert Kennedy

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Health Update on Robert Kennedy

Tosca Reno: An Update on Bob's Health

This is a sad, sad time for our family and for all of us, but I wanted to let you know about Bob???s health. Despite his and all of our greatest efforts to fight lung cancer, it now appears that he will not be successful with his treatments, and unfortunately his condition is terminal. At this point we do not know how long he has, but we don???t think it is very long. He was able to meet with Arnold yesterday for a couple of hours which was an inspiration to Bob in this difficult time. It was nice to see the sparkle in Bob???s blue eyes once again. The two legends even flexed!

We will soon be losing a wonderful person, father, great leader and inspiration for both the Company and this industry at large. However Bob???s life???s work, dedication and impact on bodybuilding, fitness and health and the support and inspiration to 10???s of millions of people will continue through all of you.

Your continued thoughts and prayers are appreciated beyond words,

Tosca Reno
 

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Arnold visiting Bob at home:

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Bob changed the outlook on the sport of fitness and bodybuilding for years. He's done a lot to bring a sub-mainstream perception into now, a full time empire with his magazine and good eye for photography.. Prayers
 
What a huge loss to bodybuilding! He was a very cool guy when I met him. Pretty sad.
 
i hate this


but we def cant say he didnt do what he wanted with his life

one hell of a man


much respect to you bob...i will miss you like an old friend...who will write onslows story now:(
 
Robert Kennedy
1938-2012

http://www.rkpubs.com/bob/

It is with great sadness that we, the staff of Robert Kennedy Publishing in Mississauga, Ontario, announce the passing of Robert Kennedy, our company’s founder.

Bob passed on April 12, at home from complications stemming from skin cancer. He was 73 years old. Bob was surrounded by family and friends. He is survived by his beloved wife, Tosca Reno and their four daughters: Chelsea Kennedy, Rachel Corradetti, Kiersten Corradetti and Kelsey-Lynn Corradetti. Bob’s only son Braden Robert James Kennedy passed away last year due to pneumonia complications at the age of 23.

Bob leaves behind a legacy as a pioneer in the field of bodybuilding and physical wellness.

He was born in 1938, the son of an Austrian father and an English mother, both school teachers. He attended Culford private school and Norwich art school in Norfolk, England. Bob was, by his own self-admission, a slender lad. But with the resolve and determination that would mark his future endeavors, he set about transforming himself into a physical specimen. This choice would come to define Bob’s career and friendships and marriage — in essence, his entire life.

Bob and his schoolboy chum Gino (aka MuscleMag’s “Johnny Fitness”) trained in their early teens with jury-rigged weights. At first, they lifted parts of an old candy machine; later they constructed homemade weights from broomsticks and cement-filled biscuit tins. By the time he hit 17, Bob would’ve been nearly unrecognizable to his old friends. Gone was the stringy beanpole — in his place stood a highly muscled young man who had built a remarkable physique using a routine that put his inexhaustible energy to good use. As Gino would say, Bob spent half his young life upside-down, performing endless handstands.

Always a lover of muscle, the two teens would hitchhike the 200-plus miles round trip to London, sleeping in haystacks along the way, to take in the early Mr. Universe shows. Every spare shilling was funneled into the purchase of ultra-rare bodybuilding magazines with titles like Health and Strength and Mr. America — these, too, had to be bought in London, seeing as they weren’t carried in the local shops.

After living in London for eight years and teaching art at the Tottenham Technical College, Bob moved to Canada in 1967, where he taught art and English for five years in Brampton, Ontario. But Bob decided he needed to share his love of bodybuilding with the masses, and to do so required a big risk on his part.

He quit his job, took his $480 in savings and decided to start a magazine.

The first person he called? His old buddy Gino. Despite the fact that Gino still lived in England, was married with a baby, he believed so fully in Bob that he and his family were on the next flight over the pond.

The first issue of Bob’s flagship publication, MuscleMag International, was cut and pasted together on a kitchen table in Brampton. The magazine — envisioned as “A New Concept Magazine Dedicated to the Survival of the Fittest” — battled early setbacks (including a 110,000-copy order of the first issue … with no means of distribution!!) to become one of the premier bodybuilding publications in the industry.

Bob spent much of the ‘80s writing books. Of the 53 books he wrote, several were New York Times bestsellers. Whenever he wasn’t writing, Bob could often be found in the studio — photography and painting were lifelong passions. His canvases are hung in the company headquarters in Mississauga, Ontario, and in the homes of private collectors around the world.

Not content to rest on his laurels, Bob branched out. He opened a string of 26 fitness stores and franchises and a fitness clothing line; all were eventually sold to concentrate on the core business of book and magazine publishing.

Spotting a need for publications dedicated to women’s fitness, he built Oxygen into a category leader. Reps!, Clean Eating and American Curves are other popular titles under the Robert Kennedy Publishing banner. His book imprint publishes the best-selling Eat-Clean Diet books, written by Tosca Reno.

Bob and Tosca, along with their children and pets, maintained a quiet residence in the Caledon Hills of Ontario, just north of Toronto. A tireless worker, he maintained regular hours in the office (and the gym) into his 70s. Bob could often be found at the light table going over magazine pages, or snapping photos down in the studio. Always a hands-on boss he penned the publisher’s page for every magazine in his chain and trained his keen visual eye on each page of every publication; Bob made sure to put his personal “stamp” on every issue.

For his efforts just last month Bob was honored in Ohio at the Arnold Classic by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger with the Lifetime Achievement Award, one of the sport’s highest honors. A beloved fixture in the bodybuilding and fitness scene, Bob had thousands of friends and supporters. His love and devotion will be sorely missed.
 
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