{"id":12820,"date":"2026-01-22T18:03:40","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T18:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=12820"},"modified":"2026-01-22T18:03:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T18:03:40","slug":"italian-bodybuilder-andrea-lorini-dies-following-illness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=12820","title":{"rendered":"Italian bodybuilder Andrea Lorini dies following illness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" alt=\"Italian bodybuilder Andrea Lorini dies following illness\" title=\"Italian bodybuilder Andrea Lorini dies following illness\" src=\"https:\/\/news.az\/photos\/2026\/01\/screenshot-2026-01-22-212837-1769102956.webp\" data-rjs=\"2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Andrea Lorini | Andrea Lorini\/Newsflash<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"body-a\" style=\"margin-top: 0;transition: all 0.25s ease-in-out;\">\n<div class=\"Markup__ParagraphWrapper-sc-13q6ywe-0 lczvGC markup \" data-testid=\"article-content article-paragraph\">\n<div class=\"Markup__ParagraphWrapper-sc-13q6ywe-0 lczvGC markup \" data-testid=\"article-content article-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>A former bodybuilding champion and father of two was found dead in his bed at the age of 48 after experiencing a sudden illness.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Andrea Lorini was discovered lifeless in his bed in the town of Chiari, in the province of Brescia in northern Italy\u00a0on January 20. His mother, Nadia, raised the alarm after she found him lying unresponsive, but paramedics were unable to revive him, and he was pronounced dead at the scene,\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/\">News.Az<\/a> reports, citing<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalworld.com\/europe\/andrea-lorini-italian-bodybuilder-dies-suddenly-illness-5486214\" rel=\"nofollow\"> foreign media.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The 48-year-old was a prominent figure in the local fitness world, known both as a gym instructor and for a successful competitive bodybuilding career.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>He had been among the strongest Italian bodybuilders before the Covid pandemic, earning third-place finishes at national IFBB championships in the 90kg category in 2017 and again in 2019.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/\">News.Az<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/news\/italian-bodybuilder-andrea-lorini-dies-following-illness\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrea Lorini | Andrea Lorini\/Newsflash A former bodybuilding champion and father of two was found dead in his bed at the age of 48 after experiencing a sudden illness. 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