Bill Pearl Death, Obituary – At the age of 91, legendary bodybuilder William “Bill” Arnold Pearl has gone away. On the official Bill Pearl Facebook page, Pearl’s wife Judy stated that her husband passed away around 4:00 a.m. on September 14, 2022. This information was made public on the page. Pearl’s cause of death was never given as the official reason for her passing. In spite of this, Judy Pearl claimed that Pearl’s Parkinson’s condition “eventually defeated him.” [Citation needed] Judy claims that prior to Pearl’s passing, he was engaged in an accident with a mower. This accident caused a fracture in his T-10 vertebrae, and he subsequently got a bacterial infection as a result of the injury.
After the news of Pearl’s passing was publicized, the most recent update on his Facebook profile was a tribute to him with the heading “Bill Pearl…A Life Well Spent.” The following are some of the most important points that were made in that piece, which described Pearl’s early life and her accomplishments as a professional bodybuilder: The 31st of October in the year 1930 found William Arnold Pearl being born in Prineville. Moving to Yakima, Washington, when he was still a small boy, with his family, so that his father could operate a restaurant there was a life-changing experience for him.
Bill, along with his brother and sister, washed dishes at the restaurant for free three or four evenings a week in addition to working there on the weekends. He spent his summers working in hop fields or orchards in order to bring in some cash. Bill Pearl, when he was young, associated himself with the thin and feeble persona that was portrayed in Charles Atlas advertising. These commercials extolled the virtues of weight lifting and bodybuilding. While working in his father’s restaurant, Bill would lift gallon cans of vegetables and gunnysacks of potatoes. He did this because he wanted to be as strong as Charles Atlas and because he was motivated by sibling rivalry.
Pearl afterwards joined the United States Navy and served her country. When he was 22 years old and stationed in San Diego, he worked out at Leo Stern’s gym, which had opened in 1946. In 1953, Pearl competed in the “AAU Mr. California and Mr. America contests,” both of which he won. This marked the beginning of his successful career as a professional bodybuilder. In the same year, he competed in London and won the Tall class championship at the Mr. Universe competition held by the National Amateur Bodybuilding Association (NABBA). He went on to win three overall Mr. Universe titles.