is Bill Pearl The Bodybuilder Still Alive? What Happened To Bill Pearl?
Legendary bodybuilder William “Bill” Arnold Pearl has passed away at the age of 91.
It was confirmed by Pearl’s wife, Judy, on the official Bill Pearl Facebook page that Pearl passed at 4:00 a.m. on Sept. 14, 2022.
The cause of Pearl’s death wasn’t officially declared. However, Judy Pearl wrote that Pearl’s Parkinson’s disease “finally defeated him.”
According to Judy, Pearl was also involved in a mower accident before his death that led to a fracture of his T-10 vertebrae, and he subsequently developed a bacterial infection.
The most recent post on Pearl’s Facebook page following the announcement of his passing was titled “Bill Pearl…A Life Well Spent.” Below are the highlights of that post that detailed Pearl’s early life and career accolades as a professional bodybuilder:
“William Arnold Pearl was born in Prineville on October 31, 1930. While he was still a young boy, the family moved to Yakima, Washington, where his father opened a restaurant. Bill and his brother and sister worked in the restaurant, Bill washing dishes, three or four nights a week and weekends, for no pay. To earn money he worked summers in Hop fields or orchards.
“From a young age, Bill Pearl identified with the skinny, weak character portrayed in Charles Atlas commercials, which boasted the benefits of weight lifting and bodybuilding. Inspired by sibling rivalry and the desire to become like Charles Atlas, Bill lifted gallon cans of vegetables and gunnysacks of potatoes while working in [his father’s] restaurant.”
Pearl went on to serve in the United States Navy. Stationed in San Diego at age 22, he trained at Leo Stern’s gym, established in 1946. Pearl’s first successful foray into professional bodybuilding came in 1953 at the “AAU Mr. California and Mr. America events,” which he won. He captured his first of four National Amateur Body-Builders’ Association (NABBA) Mr. Universe titles (three overall and one in the Tall class) in London that same year.
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