Death and the young bodybuilder

[mango]

The AndroKid or the Anadrol Kid, a personality active at the beginning of the last decade. He died suddenly, I believe at about the age of 30, maybe younger. Kidney damage or something similar. His internet pseudonym probably gives away the cause of death. I remember 10-12 years ago there were a lot of pictures of him when you searched. Today only when you search for "the anadrol kid dead" and you get this photo of a morphed Kid by Stonepiler (I love your site on deviantart.com dude). Otherwise it's as if he'd never existed. Anyway I think this is a subject that deserves a thread here on this forum. And even more I think he shouldn't be forgotten so quickly. I believe his only claim to fame were a few training videos and a following of on line gay men who liked his looks and bod. If anyone knows more about him I hope you will share it.

[arpeejay]

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[mango]

This digital graveyard would be an appropriate memorial space for his photos, unless you think a separate thread would be more befitting. I intend to add more physique celebrities who died too young later.

[mango]

Erik (The Viking) Fromm died on February 28, 2008, the article is from Iron Man.com. There it was a reprint of a story by Paul Walsh, of the Star Tribune;

Erik (The Viking) Fromm, for many years one of the nation?s leading amateur bodybuilders, died in his Richfield home from an overdose of a highly potent and addictive painkiller, authorities said today.

Fromm, 36, who died Feb. 4, overdosed on fentanyl, the Hennepin County medical examiner?s office said. The office said the overdose was accidental, and police said Wednesday that they expect to close their investigation soon.
Fromm?s death is at least the second in the Upper Midwest involving a bodybuilder using fentanyl. The other case was in Sioux Falls, S.D., last spring.
?People can very easily can overdose on it because it is so strong,? said Carol Falkowski, director of the Chemical Health Division of the state Department of Human Services and a leading expert in Minnesota on illicit drug use. ?It?s almost always used in hospital settings, it?s so strong.?
Fentanyl is an opium-derived pain reliever and is considered at least 80 times stronger than morphine. In 2006, people in major population centers such as the Twin Cities, Philadelphia and Detroit were selling fentanyl on the street as heroin, leading to deaths, Falkowski said. That problem seems to have abated after the arrest of suspects in Chicago, and no new cases have been reported in the Twin Cities since 2006, according to federal authorities.
Fentanyl skin patches were the subject of recent federal recalls because of a flaw that could cause patients or caregivers to overdose.
In 2006, the Food and Drug Administration said that ?deaths and other serious problems have resulted from accidental overdoses? of fentanyl.
Fromm had a serious traffic accident about a year ago in Wyoming, causing him severe pain in his lower back and in his legs and arms, said Kevin Schreifels, a friend of Fromm?s.
?He was rating the pain pretty high,? said Schreifels, a doctor at Lyn-Lake Chiropractic in Minneapolis. He said he was unaware of Fromm using fentanyl.
While living in his native Wyoming and other Rocky Mountain states between 1998 and 2004, Fromm consistently finished in the top 10 among amateur super-heavyweights in national competitions sponsored by the 20,000-member National Physique Committee. He climbed to second in 1999.
Flex magazine reported in 2005 that Fromm suffered physical setbacks ? tearing a biceps and a chest muscle.
In the other bodybuilder?s death, 34-year-old Clinton J. Bitz of Sioux Falls died in his sleep in April 2007 from an ?acute fentanyl overdose,? said his fianc??e, Bobbi Doerfler, citing the death certificate.
Doerfler, who moved from Monticello, Minn., with Bitz to South Dakota in 2001, said he suffered from painful migraines and had built up a resistance to other painkillers.
Bitz?s mother, Wanda Cyr, of Monticello said that a relative shipped fentanyl patches to her son. She said police in Sioux Falls have been pursuing a criminal case against that relative, who had the patches properly prescribed to him.
Police said they are wrapping up their investigation and could send the case to prosecutors by the end of the week for possible charges.
Cyr said that her son, an electrician who competed in regional bodybuilding events, didn?t know that the dosage in the relative?s patches had been increased shortly before he last used them.
Cyr, a nurse, said that she told her son: ? ?You can?t use these. These are dangerous.??

[mango]

Uploaded to YOU-TUBE on Feb 10, 2008
Host William Reau interviews bodybuilder and physical trainer Erik Fromm on the long-running Minneapolis Television Network (MTN) show "The Spectator."



http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=q5eiWk_SjVQ

Uploaded on Oct 31, 2009
Erik "the viking" Fromm one of the nation's leading amateur bodybuilders, passed away Feburary 4, 2008. He "was very well known and respected in the bodybuilding community" memorial tribute 2003 npc national bodybuilding championships.See more videos and memorial website at vikology.com

erik "the viking" fromm vikology.com - YouTube

[mango]

Apparently this is a story where suicide is suspected but not verified by the family. He was suffering from Lyme disease for years. But it just seems wrong when someone who looked like this goes out like that before they turn 50. Joe Padilla is quoted on one of the sport forums as having said a lot of bodybuilders were going that way. And another famous name was mentioned,

John DeFendis just confirmed that Steve Michalik has died at the age of 63. He was found by his girlfriend, dead at his home of a self inflicted gunshot wound. He had just recently had a kidney transplant. (05-25-2012).

[Mdlftr]

Originally Posted by mango

Uploaded to YOU-TUBE on Feb 10, 2008
Host William Reau interviews bodybuilder and physical trainer Erik Fromm on the long-running Minneapolis Television Network (MTN) show "The Spectator."



http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=q5eiWk_SjVQ

Uploaded on Oct 31, 2009
Erik "the viking" Fromm one of the nation's leading amateur bodybuilders, passed away Feburary 4, 2008. He "was very well known and respected in the bodybuilding community" memorial tribute 2003 npc national bodybuilding championships.See more videos and memorial website at vikology.com

erik "the viking" fromm vikology.com - YouTube

I remember this guy. He was jacked. Scary how much he looks like present-day Aaron Clark!

Mdlftr

[Mdlftr]

Originally Posted by mango

John DeFendis just confirmed that Steve Michalik has died at the age of 63. He was found by his girlfriend, dead at his home of a self inflicted gunshot wound. He had just recently had a kidney transplant. (05-25-2012).

Here's a story from Muscle Insider:

It is with regret that we report that Mr. USA Steve Michalik has died at the young age of 63. Our thoughts are with his famiky, friends and fans alike.

Steve was a bodybuilder competing during the 1970s and 80's. He won a number of titles including the 1971 AAU Mr. USA, the Mr. America in 1972 and the NABBA Mr. Universe in 1975 as well as 22 other titles including the 1971 AAU Mr. Apollo and the Most Muscular Man in the USA.

Shortly after the 1975 Mr Universe, Steve was involved in a serious car accident which left him paralyzed from the waist down and relegated to a wheel chair for 3 years.

At the 1980 IFBB Miami Grand Prix event, Steve made his now famous comeback to the stage, where television commentator Arnold Schwarzenegger introduced Steve as the Phantom Bodybuilder. Placing 4th in the event qualified him for the newly formed Grand Prix tour.

Medical History

According to Michalik, he had suffered many serious health problems due to his steroid use. It started with him passing blood in his urine; a sign of the multiple liver tumors doctors later discovered. After recovering from these bouts with cancer Michalik suffered a heart attack, followed by a stroke. Since then, he has been against the use of steroids.

The cause of his death is unknown at this time.
http://muscle-insider.com/content/st...ik-dies-age-63

He dealt with a lot in his life and kept coming back!

Props to him!