{"id":13859,"date":"2026-02-01T00:19:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T00:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=13859"},"modified":"2026-02-01T00:19:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T00:19:52","slug":"bodybuilding-world-champion-dies-aged-just-38-as-wife-leads-tributes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=13859","title":{"rendered":"Bodybuilding world champion dies aged just 38 as wife leads tributes"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The fitness and bodybuilding community are currently mourning the death of former world champion Jason Lowe, who has passed away at the age of 38<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Bodybuilding world champion and icon Jason Lowe has died at the age of 38 years old. The tragic news of Lowe’s death was confirmed by his wife Ashley in a heartwrenching social media post.<\/p>\n

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She announced his passing by uploading a series of photos from their time together. Lowe, who was nicknamed ‘Broku’ was known for his enormous frame and breath-taking physique, which earned him global recognition and fame within the fitness and bodybuilding worlds.<\/p>\n


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He made himself known in various competitions between 2015 and 2022, according to the National Physique Committee. However, on January 22, news of his death was uploaded to social media by his heart-broken wife.<\/p>\n

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Ashley uploaded a series of pictures of them together and wrote: “Today will be the hardest day of my life. I don\u2019t know if words will ever be enough to hold what you meant to me, because they all feel so small in comparison.<\/p>\n

“You made me a better version of myself, and you were going to be the absolute best dad. Saying that I\u2019m devastated doesn\u2019t even begin to touch the depth of this loss.<\/p>\n

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“I\u2019m sitting here in our backyard writing this in your Olympia jacket, trying to feel close to you, trying to make sense of a world<\/a> that already feels different without you in it.\u201d <\/p>\n

It’s been claimed by retired American bodybuilder and former editor of Muscular Development Magazine Dave Palumbo that Lowe was training with a client before he “dropped”. On the Rx Muscle YouTube channel<\/a>, Palumbo said: “It is with a heavy heart that I have to report that IFBB Pro Jason Lowe has passed. <\/p>\n