{"id":98407,"date":"2023-09-03T21:55:05","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T21:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/?p=98407"},"modified":"2023-09-03T21:55:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T21:55:05","slug":"bodybuilding-pioneer-and-playboy-model-lisa-lyon-in-grave-condition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/sport\/bodybuilding-pioneer-and-playboy-model-lisa-lyon-in-grave-condition\/","title":{"rendered":"Bodybuilding pioneer and playboy model Lisa Lyon &apos;in grave condition&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Lisa Lyon, the bodybuilding pioneer and playboy model who inspired Marvel&#8217;s Elektra, is &#8216;in grave condition in LA hospice with pancreatic cancer&#8217;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lisa Lyon wrote a bodybuilding book and is friends with Arnold\u00a0Schwarzenegger<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>She also appeared in three films in the 1980s after her Playboy appearance\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Women&#8217;s bodybuilding pioneer Lisa Lyon is in a grave condition with pancreatic cancer, according to TMZ.<\/p>\n<p>Lyon, who also posed for Playboy in 1980, is apparently being treated in a hospice in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While being best known as a bodybuilder, she is also believed to have inspired Frank Miller to create the Marvel Comics character Elektra. In 2005, Jennifer Garner starred in &#8216;Elektra&#8217; action film.<\/p>\n<p>But Lyon&#8217;s impact stretched wider than the comic book world.\u00a0She wrote a book on bodybuilding &#8211; &#8216;Lisa Lyon&#8217;s Body Magic&#8217; &#8211; in 1980 and struck up a friendship\u00a0 with Arnold Schwarzenegger.<\/p>\n<p>He is even quoted by TMZ as saying that Lyon &#8216;is the best &#8211; I love her&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/03\/12\/75009211-0-image-a-1_1693741649418.jpg\" height=\"796\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Women&#8217;s bodybuilding pioneer Lisa Lyon is said to be in a grave condition with cancer<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/03\/12\/75009213-0-image-m-5_1693741726416.jpg\" height=\"537\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/03\/12\/75009215-0-image-a-6_1693741733500.jpg\" height=\"537\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Lyon\u00a0believed to have inspired Frank Miller to create the Marvel Comics character Elektra<\/p>\n<p>In 2000, she entered the International Fitness and Bodybuilding Hall of Fame and was, according to GreatestPhysiques.Com, described as &#8216;a one-woman media-relations activist on behalf of the sport and Elevating bodybuilding to the level of fine art&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Lyon also modeled for Robert Mapplethorpe &#8211; a photographer who is best known for photographing the artist Andy Warhol.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to numerous bodybuilding websites, Lyon was born in 1953 &#8211; meaning she is around 70 years old &#8211; but the exact date is not given.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She was born and raised in Los Angeles and also appeared in three films in the 80s, after her profile increased following her Playboy work.<\/p>\n<p>In 1983, she was in Thee Crowns of the Sailor and a year later was seen in Getting Physical. Her last appearance, in 1986, was in Vamp.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/othersports\/article-12475603\/Lisa-Lyon-bodybuilding-pioneer-playboy-model-inspired-Marvels-Elektra-grave-condition-LA-hospice-pancreatic-cancer.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lisa Lyon, the bodybuilding pioneer and playboy model who inspired Marvel&#8217;s Elektra, is &#8216;in grave condition in LA hospice with<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98406,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bodybuilding pioneer and playboy model Lisa Lyon &amp;apos;in grave condition&amp;apos; - Celebrity Cover News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/sport\/bodybuilding-pioneer-and-playboy-model-lisa-lyon-in-grave-condition\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bodybuilding pioneer and playboy model Lisa Lyon &amp;apos;in grave condition&amp;apos; 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