Joe Gold (born Sydney Gold, March 10, 1922 in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, California, died - July 11, 2004 in Marina del Rey, California) was the founder of Gold's Gym and World Gym. He has been credited with being the father of the bodybuilding and fitness craze that swept the US.
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