Word: fixx
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Fixx die from exercise or medical neglect...
DIED. James F. Fixx, 52, guru of the fitness generation who wrote two bestselling books explaining the mechanics and extolling the benefits of jogging, The Complete Book of Running (1977) and Jim Fixx's Second Book of Running (1980); of an apparent heart attack while jogging; in Hardwick...
...Arts has put out a computer basketball game featuring a match-up between Larry Bird and Julius Erving. Micro Education Corp. of America in Westport, Conn., is beginning to introduce programs that carry the names of well-known writers: Andrew Tobias' Managing Your Money ($199.95) and James F. Fixx's The Running Program ($79.95). Both Tobias and Fixx say they helped develop the software, though neither is a programmer...
...your local cable company. Seven days a week, 24 hours a day, MTV, the two-year-old Warner Amex channel, beams rock-'n'-roll videotapes into 14 million homes across the nation. The tapes, from established stars like the Rolling Stones to hopefuls like the Fixx, are offered free by recording companies in return for air play. Their impact has gone far beyond promotional gimmickry. Says PolyGram's Kiernan, whose group Def Leppard went platinum after TV exposure: "You can feel the sales right away...
...Fixx's Second Book of Running, Fixx...