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'Pumping Iron' author Charles Gaines, whose book and film popularized the world of bodybuilding, dies at 84

<p>NEW YORK — Charles Gaines, the author whose book and documentary "Pumping Iron" helped bring professional bodybuilding into the mainstream and introduce Arnold Schwarzenegger to the world, has died. He was 84.</p><p>Gaines died Tuesday, according to Greta Gaines, the author's da

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