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NEW YORK - OCTOBER 1961: Joe Pilates, Inventor, physical fitness guru and founder of the Pilates exercise method poses for a portrait in his 8th Avenue studio on October 4, 1961 in New York City, New York. (Photo by I.C. Rapoport/Getty Images)

NEW YORK  - OCTOBER 1961:  Joe Pilates, Inventor, physical fitness guru and founder of the Pilates exercise method poses for a portrait in his 8th Avenue studio on October 4, 1961 in New York City, New York. (Photo by I.C. Rapoport/Getty Images)