Recent bodybuilder deaths

Cummings’ death is the latest in a string of high-profile early fatalities that has devastated the bodybuilding world in the last year.

Cedric McMillan, the 2017 Arnold Classic champion, died of a heart attack while running on a treadmill last week at the age of 44.

Tom Prince, a former bodybuilder, died of cancer at the age of 52 in February, just days after Ashley Gearhart, 37, died of unknown circumstances.

In November, the winner of the 2018 Mr Olympia competition, Chuck Kirkendall, 46, stated he had just suffered a heart attack, while in August, 49-year-old star John Meadows died of a blood clot.