Prominent Australian who was one of the world's oldest bodybuilders after giving up a life of heavy drinking and cigar smoking dies aged 90
- Raymond Moon, 90, lost his battle with bladder cancer after a 10-year fight
- Used to be heavy cigar smoker and drinker not caring about health and fitness
- In the 70s he was approached by gym manager to try competitive bodybuilding
- He would train two hours per day, five days a week, doing several workouts
One of the world's oldest competing bodybuilder has died at the age of 90.
Raymond Moon from the Gold Coast, lost his battle with bladder cancer after a 10-year fight. He died in Melbourne on Monday.
Elizabeth Wayne, 60, met Moon and his wife Adrian when she started working for them 46 years ago and said his death was like 'losing a parent'.
'The cancer started 10 years ago. He thought he beat it but it came back,' she told Gold Coast Bulletin.
Raymond Moon from the Gold Coast, lost his battle with bladder cancer after a 10-year fight (pictured in 2008)
The 90-year-old (middle) was one of the world's oldest bodybuilders (Pictured in 2008)
'But his whole life he fought tough illnesses. As a child he had polio and they thought he'd never walk.
'They [He and his wife] never had children of their own and he had this reputation of being like parents to anyone who worked with them.'
Growing up, Moon was a heavy cigar smoker and drinker without a single care about his health and fitness.
It was only in his 70s when his gym manager, former Mr. Universe Graeme Lancefield, convinced him to try out competitive bodybuilding.
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Working out consisted of two hours per day, five days a week, doing resistance training, cardio, weights and other exercise.
As he went through vigorous training with Lancefield, Moon entered into competitions and won several Victorian and Australian titles.
At the age of 84, Moon held the world record for being the oldest competing bodybuilder.
In 2009, he was awarded the Guinness World Record for the oldest competitive male bodybuilder.
In 2009, Moon was awarded the Guinness World Record for the oldest competitive male bodybuilder (pictured in 2008)
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