CHARLES GAINES, WHOSE BOOK PUMPING IRON HELPED TO POPULARIZE BODYBUILDING, DIES AT 84
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1974 book led to making of seminal documentary and introduced Arnold Schwarzenegger to the world Charles Gaines, the author whose book and documentary Pumping Iron helped bring professional bodybuilding into the… He was 84.
According to Culture | The Guardian, 1974 book led to making of seminal documentary and introduced Arnold Schwarzenegger to the world Charles Gaines, the author whose book and documentary Pumping Iron helped bring professional bodybuilding into the…
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- Culture | The Guardian: 1974 book led to making of seminal documentary and introduced Arnold Schwarzenegger to the world Charles Gaines, the author whose book and documentary Pumping Iron helped bring professional bodybuilding into the…
- Culture | The Guardian: Gaines died on Tuesday, according to Greta Gaines, the author’s daughter.
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- 22/07/2026, 18:58 PRIMARY FEED CHARLES GAINES, WHOSE BOOK PUMPING IRON HELPED TO POPULARIZE BODYBUILDING, DIES AT 84 (Culture | The Guardian • 2 hrs ago) [Story Intel]
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