Obituaries

Dan Lurie, Lifelong Bodybuilder, Dies at 90

Dan Lurie, a North Woodmere resident who arm wrestled President Ronald Reagan in 1984, died on Nov. 6. He was 90.

Lurie was a competitive bodybuilder throughout his life, and continued to lift weights into his 80s. He ran his own business, the Dan Lurie Barbell Company, until 1988. He wrote a book about his life, “Dan Lurie: Heart of Steel,” which published in 2009.

Read the full obituary at the Nassau Herald.


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