Bitter Irony, Indeed
 

I guess when it's your time to go, it's time to go. :(

Updated: 05:37 PM EST
PowerBar Founder Maxwell Dies at 51

SAN ANSELMO, Calif. (March 20) - Brian Maxwell, founder of the multimillion-dollar PowerBar empire and a former world-class marathon runner, has died of a heart attack, friends said. He was 51.

Maxwell collapsed Friday at a post office, and emergency personnel were unable to resuscitate him after workers called 911. He was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Maxwell and his wife Jennifer, a nutritionist, co-founded the popular energy bar company in 1986 and began selling PowerBars out of their kitchen.

Over the next decade, the Berkeley, Calif.-based firm grew to $150 million in sales and 300 employees. In March 2000, the couple sold the company to Nestle SA for a reported $375 million.

Maxwell, who was born in London but grew up in Toronto, represented Canada in many international competitions as a long-distance runner. He was part of the 1980 Olympic team that boycotted the games in Moscow.

In 1977 Maxwell was ranked the No. 3 marathon runner in the world by Track and Field News.

Maxwell came up with the idea of an energy bar after he had to drop out of a 26.2-mile marathon race at the 21-mile mark - about the point where experts say the body ceases burning carbohydrates and begins burning muscle tissue.

Maxwell is survived by his wife and five children.


03/20/04 15:33 EST

Thats too bad , it goes to show ya . run, jog , eat right and no matter what when your number is up its up . Maybe if he didnt run so far when he ran he may have lived longer . my buddy who was a doctor and ran miles everyday died of a heart attack at the age of 43 taking a shower after a run .




LIVE YOUR LIFE ! its a short one so enjoy it !

Has anyone seen my cigarettes? The Camels with no filters? :hihi:

and my red bull :(

:yak: :yak: :yak:

I think chris might have stolen them.
PS-WW...mine have filters, and they're lights, so at least I'll die of LIGHT cancer.
Love,
Rick

one of the astronauts said once
 

that your heart has a finite number of beats.....and if you use them up way to fast then its all over....

Re: one of the astronauts said once
 

Well, hopefully in a couple of years we'll just be able to order a NEW one online. Parts is parts. :hihi:

yes wee wee
 

and it wont be an artificial heart, it will be a human heart cloned into a pig and left to grow....afterwards you will be ultimately transformed, a new man with one small change to be noticed .....instead of a plug ho ...you'll become a plug hog.:D