July 21, 2003
Lucille Roberts
Lucille Roberts, a self-proclaimed "exercise nut," turned her passion for working out into a health club empire worth $30 million.
Born in Russia, Roberts and her family immigrated to the U.S. in order to escape religious persecution. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard Business School's Owner/Management Program.
In 1969, Roberts and her husband Bob scraped together $15,000 and opened a spa in midtown Manhattan. Her goal was to offer affordable exercise facilities for women who avoided male-dominated health clubs. The concept was an immediate success and two years later, she changed the name of the club to her own.
Roberts eventually opened gyms in 50 other locations. With more than 200,000 members, Lucille Roberts is now one of the largest women-only establishments in the country. When she wasn't running the health club chain, Roberts wrote and published the books "Computercise" and "The Lucille Roberts 14 Day Makeover."
Roberts died on July 17 of lung cancer. She was 59.
Posted on July 21, 2003 3:47 PMshe has helped s lot. As soon as I get settled financially, I will return
Posted by Regine Gay on October 15, 2003 6:26 AMI worked for Lucille Roberts Health spa 6 yrs ago, for aprox 5 yrs. I was a Dedicated manager of 3 of her Health Clubs. She will be deeply missed and If anyone who used to work at her facilities during the time that i worked there please contact me. I am married now, but my maiden name was Courtney Guillot.
Your family is in my thoughts and prayers.
sincerely
Mrs. Courtney Castricone
You are very much missed...
Posted by Courtney Castricone on July 13, 2006 1:27 PMHealth nut dies from smoking too many coffin nails. Oh, the irony. The stupidity.
Posted by Bobby Burrell on January 5, 2008 8:17 AM