Lisa Lyon, a pioneer in skilled women’s bodybuilding and Playboy model, has died. She was 70.
A friend of Lyon reportedly told TMZ that Lyon died Friday at her home within the San Fernando Valley where she was in hospice care.
The reason behind death was stomach cancer, the source claimed.
A rep for Lyon couldn’t immediately be reached by The Post. We’ve got contacted Playboy for comment.
Fellow bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger honored Lyon in a press release to TMZ, raving, “She is one of the best. I really like her.”
Lyon put women’s bodybuilding on the map in 1980 when she won the primary International Federation of Bodybuilders Woman’s World Pro Bodybuilding Championship.
She also posed for Playboy that 12 months and would go on to be featured in a number of health and fitness magazines.
Lyon even posed for famed photographer Robert Mapplethorpe in 1982, who was known for his stunning black-and-white portraits.
Comic book author Frank Miller also modeled the Marvel Comics character Elektra off of Lyon.
Her book “Lisa Lyon’s Body Magic,” which served as a guide to at-home bodybuilding, was published in 1981.
She also had a brief acting profession in “Three Crowns of the Sailor” in 1983, the bodybuilding movie “Getting Physical” in 1984, and in “Vamp” alongside Grace Jones in 1986.
She was inducted into the International Fitness and Bodybuilding Federal Hall of Fame in 2000 for elevating bodybuilding to an art form.
