1. Dennis Tinerino was an American bodybuilder, most prominent in the late 1960s and 1970s.
14 Facts About Dennis Tinerino
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Dennis Tinerino won the Mr Universe title four times in 1968,1975,1980 and 1981 and Mr World in 1971 in the tall man's category, and Mr America in 1978.
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Dennis Tinerino is an inductee of the National Fitness Hall of Fame, IFBB Hall of Fame and National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame.
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Dennis Tinerino grew up in a rough area, white in a black neighborhood, surviving numerous death threats, but remained focused.
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Dennis Tinerino won the Teen Mr America, Mr Atlantic Coast, Mr East Coast, and Mr Brooklyn contests in 1964, and finished second to Arnold Schwarzenegger at the Mr Universe contest in 1967 at the age of 21.
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Dennis Tinerino won the NABBA Mr Universe title in England in 1968, and later in 1975,1980 and 1981 in the tall man's category.
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Dennis Tinerino won the Mr World contest in the tall man's category in 1971.
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Dennis Tinerino won the title of Pro Mr Natural America in 1978.
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Dennis Tinerino boasted that he earned millions and loved life in the fast lane, including making $1000 a week from arm wrestling alone.
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Dennis Tinerino's lawyer managed to reduce his sentence to just a year in prison for pandering.
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Dennis Tinerino confesses to having been "struck by a lightning bolt from heaven and have his life flash before his eyes" after praying to God to pardon his sins and becoming a Christian.
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On being released from prison, he established the Dennis Tinerino Ministries based in Beverly Hills in 1979, becoming an international evangelist.
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Dennis Tinerino developed cancer in the 1990s and was told he had 2 weeks to live but the cancer went into remission.
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Dennis Tinerino survived numerous near encounters with death, surviving a plane crash, car crashes and hitmen.