"[2] He won a gold medal at the 1979 Pan American Games while representing Puerto Rico.
[3] In the late 1980s, he worked to make body building an event in the Olympic Games.
He died on January 2, 1991 in Tucson and is buried at Holy Hope Cemetery.
[6] He was stationed at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
[7] While serving in the Marines, he scheduled his workouts around his daily duties often using split routines.