Arnold Schwarzenegger paid tribute to fitness guru Jack Lalanne in a moving eulogy at the late star's funeral in Los Angeles on Tuesday (01Feb11).
LaLanne, who was a keen bodybuilder and owned a chain of gyms, passed away on 23 January (11) after suffering respiratory failure due to pneumonia.
Friends, family and a number of famous faces turned out to pay their last respects to the late star in a service at Forest Lawn memorial park in L.A., and among the speakers was Schwarzenegger, who trained with LaLanne when he first moved to America from his native Austria.
The bodybuilder-turned-movie star told the congregation, "Right now he's telling St. Peter, 'Get up at 6am, get a juicer, take some vitamins, do some stretching'... Can you imagine the number of lives Jack saved? He was a true saint."
Lou Ferrigno also spoke at the service and called LaLanne "the godfather of fitness", while fellow fitness star Richard Simmons paid a poignant tribute to his late pal by ordering the crowd to put their arms in the air and stretch, adding: "That's how we honour Jack, with a big stretch".
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