Lisa Lyon, the pioneering bodybuilder and playboy model who inspired Marvel’s Elektra, is “in serious condition in hospital in Los Angeles with pancreatic cancer.”
- Lisa Lyon wrote a bodybuilding book and is friends with Arnold Schwarzenegger
- She also appeared in three films in the 1980s after appearing in Playboy.
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Lisa Lyon, pioneer of women’s bodybuilding, is in serious condition with pancreatic cancer, according to TMZ.
Lyon, who also posed for Playboy in 1980, would be treated at a hospice in Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley.
While best known as a bodybuilder, she is also said to have inspired Frank Miller to create the Marvel Comics character Elektra. In 2005, Jennifer Garner starred in the action movie “Elektra”.
But Lyon’s impact extends beyond the world of comics. She wrote a book on bodybuilding – “Lisa Lyon’s Body Magic” – in 1980 and struck up a friendship with Arnold Schwarzenegger.
He is even quoted by TMZ as saying that Lyon “is the best – I love it”.
Lisa Lyon, pioneer of women’s bodybuilding, is said to be in serious condition due to cancer.
Lyon is said to have inspired Frank Miller to create the Marvel Comics character, Elektra.
In 2000, she was inducted into the International Fitness and Bodybuilding Hall of Fame and was, according to GreatestPhysiques.Comdescribed as “a woman campaigning for media relations on behalf of the sport and elevating bodybuilding to the level of fine art”.
Lyon also modeled for Robert Mapplethorpe, a photographer best known for photographing artist Andy Warhol.
According to many bodybuilding sites, Lyon was born in 1953 – so she is around 70 years old – but the exact date is not specified.
She was born and raised in Los Angeles and also appeared in three films in the 80s, after her notoriety rose following her work on Playboy.
In 1983 she was in Thee Crowns of the Sailor and a year later she was seen in Getting Physical. His last appearance, in 1986, was in Vamp.
