Sad, but not completely surprising.
It was reported that heart failure was the cause of death.
A lot of loss in the bodybuilding world this year…
[quote]BrickHead wrote:
A lot of loss in the bodybuilding world this year… [/quote]
Would be a damn good year for T Nation to reinstate the Deadpool.
I was just going to post this!
Seems there have been many deaths this year in BB’ing. Its very sad that people are needing (or feeling the need) to go to such extremes to do well in this sport.
[quote]RATTLEHEAD wrote:
[quote]BrickHead wrote:
A lot of loss in the bodybuilding world this year… [/quote]
Would be a damn good year for T Nation to reinstate the Deadpool.[/quote]
If I recall correctly, Kovacs was featured in the Dead Pool.
Always a shame, and despite his less than stellar performance as a pro, the guy truly loved bodybuilding.
Greg was one of the first IFBB Pros I met way back when, at the old Musclemag store in Westbury, NY. I remember shaking his hand, and turning to my brother saying “it’s like an oven mitt”. Very nice and polite fellow, and musculature and proportions aside, he was just a very, very, large human being.
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I just heard about it. I can’t say I’m surprised though as he really pushed his body to the limit. I remember reading his diet outline and thinking that he was on borrowed time. RIP Greg…
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[quote]RATTLEHEAD wrote:
Sad, but not completely surprising.
It was reported that heart failure was the cause of death.
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LVH probably. Bummer. The human body can only do so much.
not a fan of his physique, but very sad. RIP
He looked good with the full house look and even in his earlier contests but for some reason he just flattened out when competing. Plus he had such short muscle bellies. He should have pursued powerlifting imo instead.
RIP…used to look ok before his abuse and severe palumboism
^…yeah, looks like Palumboism claimed him. How can one love bodybuilding and get to that is beyond me. I understand the out of shape fans more than something like this.
I heard him on some RX show years ago. Seemed like a nice fellow.
[quote]RATTLEHEAD wrote:
[quote]BrickHead wrote:
A lot of loss in the bodybuilding world this year… [/quote]
Would be a damn good year for T Nation to reinstate the Deadpool.[/quote]
haha you ass
Crazy, I was just watching a video of him working out on YouTube a few days ago.
Tragic, he looked great when he won his card, everyone said he was a real nice and humble guy.
We linked up on FB a couple years ago, he lives an hour from me, and when my 21yr gym manager started preping for his first show, Greg coached him through the whole process for free, even drove down a week out, on his own dime, to go through final prep, and posing. A guy that loved the sport, and gave back. Sad, I worry about the state of BBing, and the life expectancy of current pro’s. ‘‘muscle and fitness’’, used to be ‘‘health and fitness’’, wonder what happened to the health part
[quote]The Mighty Stu wrote:
Always a shame, and despite his less than stellar performance as a pro, the guy truly loved bodybuilding.
Greg was one of the first IFBB Pros I met way back when, at the old Musclemag store in Westbury, NY. I remember shaking his hand, and turning to my brother saying “it’s like an oven mitt”. Very nice and polite fellow, and musculature and proportions aside, he was just a very, very, large human being.
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I worked at that Musclemag store and my friend was also managing it at the time Kovacs and Bob Kennedy and Frank Sepe visited. 
I’d fritter away Sunday afternoons watching videos of Titus, Dillet, Dorian, Flex, etc. when there was no traffic in the store.
[quote]TheWeapon77 wrote:
Tragic, he looked great when he won his card, everyone said he was a real nice and humble guy.[/quote]
Most people rag on his horrible performance as a pro, but if you dig through his online writings, Greg actually admitted that the show he turned pro at was perhaps the only time he ever peaked well. Sad to say that if you look at some of his worse contest pics, you start to wonder just what the guy was doing to himself in the name of pursuing the sport he loved.
Definitely worth hunting down the few pieces he authored.
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Such a shame at only 44, not surprising at all though with him walking around at near 400lbs for years. They will have to have some strong pallbearers to carry his coffin.