by Cedric McMillan, a world-course bodybuilder and former U.S. Navy teacher at Fort Jackson in South Carolina, died earlier this 7 days, in accordance to a number of tales. He was 44.
Period Iron and RXMuscle each described McMillan’s demise. In line with Technology Iron, McMillan suffered a coronary heart assault whereas he was working out on a treadmill.
“Cedric, a very good bodybuilder and one explicit of essentially the most entertaining to at any time grace the section, will probably be remembered for his generosity in the direction of his admirers. He gave his time and vitality towards connecting and galvanizing, completely knowledgeable of his stature as a bodybuilding icon,” RXMuscle wrote on Fb on Tuesday.
“Cedric was an American hero, who was very happy to be an American and to serve his place in our armed forces. We are going to by no means ever ignore his service to our state.
“A faithful family man, Cedric was a pure inspiration for bodybuilders and other people at the moment to look as much as.”
Fellow bodybuilder Kai Inexperienced additionally paid out tribute to McMillan on his Instagram account.
“Feeling uneasy with the information of your sudden departure from this dimension to the longer term. @cedricmcmillan was a father, a buddy, a competitor, a person of uniform, an individual of loads of hats who normally knew the way to make different women and men chortle and make completely everybody all-around him come to really feel like family,” he wrote Tuesday.
McMillan received the Arnold Classic in 2017 and concluded in sixth place within the Arnold Classic Columbus in 2020.
In November, McMillan opened up about coronary heart and respiratory issues attainable prompted by COVID-19. He advised Technology Iron he was placed on on a regular basis residing steering. He skilled been optimistic about returning to the aggressive bodybuilding scene.
