At a bodyweight of a then unthinkable 250 plus pounds, he added even more muscle within a month, to 260 but leaner.

At one time, training for just six weeks to prove the invalidity of the Bulgarian system, he squatted 902 pounds (409 kg) for 2 repetitions.[source?

1] He died from kidney failure, a complication resulting from Berger's disease, aged 47 in Rolling Hills, California.

Ray died just two days after discovering his brother Mike Mentzer's body in the same apartment due to heart failure.

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