Brian Taylor was a UK bodybuilding

Bodybuilding

Bodybuilding is a form of body modification involving intensive muscle hypertrophy. An individual who engages in this activity is referred to as a bodybuilder. In competitive and professional bodybuilding, bodybuilders display their physiques to a panel of judges, who assign points based on their...

 champion. He won titles including Mr. International, Mr. Yorkshire

Mr. Yorkshire

Mr. Yorkshire is a UK regional bodybuilding competition, organised by The National Amateur Bodybuilders Association . In 1951 the competition was won by Oscar Heidenstam, and by Tony Emmott in 1958. Other winners of the title, over the years, include Brian Taylor....

, and Mr. North-East Britain

Mr. North-East Britain

Mr. North-East Britain is a UK regional bodybuilding competition. It was won in 1949 by Reg Park, then in 1951 and 1953 by Oscar Heidenstam.Other winners of the title, over the years, include Brian Taylor....

. He died in 1980 at the age of 38 from a heart attack

Myocardial infarction

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The 1976 NABBA Mr. Universe Contest

Taylor came 6th in the short class of the 1976 NABBA Mr. Universe

Universe Championships

The Universe Championships are an annual bodybuilding event organised by the National Amateur Bodybuilders Association . It has a number of competitions: NABBA Amateur Mr. Universe, Miss Figure, and Miss Toned Figure....

 (amateur) contest.

1976 NABBA Mr. Universe (amateur)

Overall amateur Mr. Universe: Shigeru Sugita - Japan

Tall Class

1. Ben Herder - Holland
2. Bill Richardson
   Bill Richardson (bodybuilder)
   - Personal :Bill Richardson is a UK bodybuilding champion. He has entered a number of bodybuilding competitions in his career, winning several of them, including the Mr...
   
    - UK
3. Walter O'Malley - Ireland
4. John Wood - UK
5. Baldo Lois - Spain
6. Bill Tierney - UK

Medium Class

1. Kozo Sudo - Japan
2. Bertil Fox
   Bertil Fox
   Bertil Fox on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Kitts is a British former IFBB professional bodybuilder. Fox immigrated to London, England, with his family when he was only one year old. He then moved to Northampton. He did not return to St. Kitts for more than 40 years. He once said, "I'm 100%...
   
    - UK
3. Dale Adrian - USA
4. Masashi Enomoto - Japan
5. Ruggero Mantelli - Italy
6. Robert Hendrick - Belgium

Short Class

1. Shigeru Sugita- Japan
2. Gerard Buinoud - France
3. Mahmoud Jeraseh - Jordan
4. Michael Duffy - Scotland
5. Fateh Habosh - Syria
6. Brian Taylor - UK

The 1976 Professional category of Mr. Universe was won by Serge Nubret

Serge Nubret

Serge Nubret was a French professional bodybuilder, bodybuilding federation leader, movie actor and author. Serge was awarded many bodybuilding titles, including Mr. Europe , Mr. Universe and WBBG Pro. Mr. World...

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Early death

Taylor died of a heart attack at the age of 38, in 1980. The Sun

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 newspaper

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 covered the story in an article

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 with the headline

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 "Mr Muscles Dies..at 38". In the article, family and friends attributed Taylor's death to the stress of running his own health studio, which left him having to carry out his own rigorous training programme late into the night after the studio had closed. He suffered a mild heart attack earlier that year after competing in the Mr. Britain

Mr. Britain

Mr. Britain is a bodybuilding contest that has existed since the early 1930s. From 1957 to the present day it has been sponsored by the National Amateur Bodybuilders Association .-Mr Britain HSL :* 1930 — William T Coggins...

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