NPC Vice Chairman Steve Stone Passes Away at Olympia
Steve Stone
NPC Vice Chairman and co-stage expediter Steve Stone has suffered an apparent heart attack and passed away in Las Vegas, one hour before the Olympia finals.
September 26, 2008
Special for Bodybuilding Weekly
Steve Stone, one of the popular stage expeditors who worked at all of the national level shows, passed away of an apparent heart attack in Las Vegas this evening. The incident occurred at approximately 5:30pm pacific time.
Steve, 51 years old, a former competitive bodybuilder and current NPC vice chairman of bodybuilding under Steve Weinberger in New York, was also the occasional training partner of WWE founder Vince McMahon. As a bodybuilder, he won the light heavyweight division at the 1990 North American Championships.
Mr. Stone was most recently well known as the co-stage expeditor with IFBB Fitness Pro Kim Scheideler at all of the major national level NPC shows. Along with Ms. Scheideler, he was the co-promoter of the NPC Empire State Classic held each year in Staten Island, New York. Steve's wife, Andrea, is an IFBB and NPC statistician.
He will be greatly missed.
Update 9/28: The official cause of death is pulmonary embolism. Memorial services will be held in Pearl River, New York at 10am on Thursday, October 2nd.
Saint Margaret's Church
115 W Central Avenue
Pearl River, NY 10965
845-735-4746
Those who wish to donate may do so in Steve's name at http://www.preventdvt.org/.
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Comments (15 posted):
His professionalism and take charge
attitude made him the best at what he did, and we will remember him always!! Rest in Peace friend......
Thank you for being a part in my life and my families, you will be missed.
Anderson D
My grandfather used to said."God always takes the Good Guys , the kind ones and the sweet ones because he needs them close to him ( god) .
So you are with god now.. Thank you for the good laughs, the jokes eraly in the morning while we were tired from working all day and the positive karma that you always carry on.Never judging anyone, never putting people down and always had something great to said about everyone..Just the perfect sample of a good friend and a perfect gentlemen.
You will always be miss with a smile in our faces..
=)
Gods Speed
XOXO
ileana
I was not involved in Steve's bodybuilding world, but I always admired his great looks and youthful appearance. I was privledged to have Steve as my friend and neighbor for the past 10 years. Steve and his wife Andrea have been the best neighbors anyone could ever dream of. My wife and children adore them. Steve and I made easy friends from day one. His easy going personality and gentle smile made him one of a kind. We had alot in common. We both enjoyed working outdoors as well as creating many household projects. I could always count on Steve for a helping hand. I am going to miss him tremendously. In the summer we would take great pride in our landscaping. In the winter we worked together clearing our driveways of snow and Steve insisted on clearing all the neighbors driveways as well. We both had a love of dogs and many of our conversations were centered around his Bulldog Angus and My German Shepherd Shane. Because of our busy schedules some days in passing our words were brief. I would give him a "Stevo" and he would return with a "Kevo". There will never be a another neighbor like Steve. He was one of a kind and once in a lifetime friend. My family will never be the same, but our lives are much richer because of him. Until we meet again "Stevo" I will miss you and love you.......Kevo
please feel free to post on my blog in Stevo's memory http://stevestone.blog.com/
My you rest in peace and give God a great training session.
You will always own a piece of my heart.
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