Bodybuilder, model Fred Massaro dies at 89
Photo credit: Handout | Fred Massaro, Mr. New York City in 1949 -- a year in which he was also named the most symmetrical and most muscular man in the five boroughs -- died Saturday at Good Samaritan Hospital in West Islip. He was 89 and lived in Deer Park.
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Fred Massaro, Mr. New York City in 1949 -- a year in which he was also named the most symmetrical and most muscular man in the five boroughs -- died Saturday at Good Samaritan Hospital in West Islip. He was 89 and lived in Deer Park.
The cause was kidney failure, his family said.
Massaro was a strongman, bodybuilder, physical trainer, longshoreman, sanitation worker and nurse who appeared...
