RIP DAVID DEARTH

[opietaylor]

90s IFBB Pro David Dearth passed away Monday night in the hospital of a reported heart attack. He was in recovery from a bicep tear surgery. RIP

 

[opietaylor]

David Dearth
Born 1963

1986
Nationals - NPC, MiddleWeight, 13th

1988
Junior USA - NPC, Light-HeavyWeight, 5th
1989
Nationals - NPC, MiddleWeight, 1st
1990
Niagara Falls Pro Invitational - IFBB, 3rd
Night of Champions - IFBB, 12th
1991
WBF Grand Prix - WBF, 8th
1993
Niagara Falls Pro Invitational - IFBB, 5th
1994
Grand Prix England - IFBB, 6th
Grand Prix France - IFBB, 5th
Grand Prix Germany (2) - IFBB, 7th
Grand Prix Germany - IFBB, 6th
Grand Prix Spain - IFBB, 6th
Ironman Pro Invitational - IFBB, 5th
Niagara Falls Pro Invitational - IFBB, 3rd
Night of Champions - IFBB, 8th
Olympia - IFBB, Did not place
San Jose Pro Invitational - IFBB, 3rd
1995
Arnold Classic - IFBB, 12th
Ironman Pro Invitational - IFBB, 7th
Niagara Falls Pro Invitational - IFBB, 6th
San Jose Pro Invitational - IFBB, 7th
1996
San Jose Pro Invitational - IFBB, 13th
1997
Night of Champions - IFBB, Did not place
2001
Toronto Pro - IFBB, Did not place

Magazines
1990 October
Vol 27, Num 10
Muscular Development
1991 April
Vol 1, Num 3
Bodybuilding Lifestyles (WBF)
1993 June
Num 32
Muscle Media 2000
1993 July
Num 133
Muscle Mag International
1993 September
Vol 30, Num 9
Muscular Development
1994 August
Vol 55, Num 8
Muscle and Fitness

© MuscleMemory

 

[opietaylor]

Dave

 

[opietaylor]

Dearth

 

[Beti ona]

Just yesterday I was looking at a thread in RX where he despised the modern bodybuilders.

http://forums.rxmuscle.com/showthre...ro-bodybuilders-of-today-makes-him-wanna-puke

Then I went to his instagram and saw that he had biceps surgeries, and now he's dead, WTF!

RIP

 

[danieltx]

Per his Instagram, he actually had 2 biceps surgeries in 4 days. Not sure what happened there.

Dave Palumbo did an interview with him a few months ago and posted it in 2 parts. He was definitely on the more wild, extreme end of things. Dearth seemed very happy and at peace with where he was now in life - I believe he was working on a ranch caring for horses and had a girlfriend he spoke very highly of.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBxqEnxxkYs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kgma0ro2ESI

 

[Durro]

Wow I watched those Rx videos. My heart just sank! My prayers go out to him and his family. R.I.P.


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[STUMPY]

Damn. RIP

 

[opietaylor]

I can remember in the mid 90"s he was part of Vince McMahons WBF and on Saturday mornings they had a show I believe was called Stars of the WBF where they featured each guy and kind of played up their character. I was new to bodybuilding and I would cook up a huge thing of oatmeal and egg whites which I hated but thought thats what I had to eat. Id sit and watch this show every weekend. It was short lived but you actually got to see pro bodybuilders on tv. He was the Wild Child David Dearth, long mullet driving a corvette. Good stuff man. I know he had demons but lets not kick a man that is gone. Good memories. I met him a few times in Columbus at the Arnold back in the day. He came in shredded.

 

[Beti ona]

 

[KillerStack]

Sucks. I followed him on social media and he just
had one bad thing after another happening to him for many years. I was amazed at the resilience and he kept fighting. RIP.

 

[saffire]

just saw last week interview with him ON rxmuscle R.I.P.

 

[Wynn]

May he rest in peace.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DB-oJfKIgo

 

[pupu]

RIP....

 

[need4tren]

I also watched that interview. Yeah he did a lot of drugs and partied hard. But I don’t think for a second he had any regrets. Seemed like a good guy who changed his ways. Sad news

 

[Bio]

That's awful. I was in my twenties in the 90's and he was a major personality in bodybuilding. RIP.

There's a thread here from 2014 talking about him having a quadruple bypass, so his heart was already an issue. He had admitted in the past to quite a bit of partying too. Here's the thread... https://www.professionalmuscle.com/forums/professional-muscle-forum/119287-just-sad-see-90s-2000s-bodybuilders-continually-going-thru.html#post1978204

 

[pimpman]

Wow RIP

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[MR. BMJ]

RIP.

I was in my teens when he was on stage in his prime. Remember seeing the ham and glute articles on him in the mags too. Heard a lot of stuff on him throughout the years, but glad he got his life situated some and settled down.

 

[maldorf]

https://www.evolutionofbodybuilding.net/david-dearth-dies/

 

[Rogue]

RIP.