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Default We lost a car guy today...Bill Pearl

I was fortunate to know Bill, I married one of his daughters. For those who don't know Bill Pearl was a four-time Mr. Universe. It started at a young age as he had an older brother who beat on him a lot. Finally decided he needed to get bigger and stronger to protect himself. His titles were won while waiting 5 years or so between competing so he could face new competitors, rather than win a bunch in a row. He was very well known in the body building world. He was almost 92 years old when he passed.

He was also a big time car guy. His one passion other than body building was cars. He collected many over the years, many of them from his era (pre 1940). Many were restored by Bill, and others he bought just because he thought they were cool. He will be greatly missed by his family.
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