<div id="subtitle">Fitness guru Jack LaLanne, 95, is recovering after heart valve surgery in Los Angeles</div><div><p>Fitness pioneer Jack LaLanne is recovering from heart valve surgery at his home in Morro Bay.</p><p>LaLanne's publicist, Ariel Hankin, said Tuesday that the 95-year-old underwent the procedure at a Los Angeles hospital on Dec. 8.</p><p>Hankin says that before the surgery LaLanne told his family that dying would wreck his image.</p><p>The weightlifting guru is doing fine and expected to make a full recovery.</p><p>He became famous for his physique and for outrageous stunts, such as towing boats while swimming across Long Beach Harbor handcuffed. He became a household name by hosting an exercise show on television from 1951-85.</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=65507234&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>

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