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Web Desk — Pakistan’s iconic bodybuilding legend Yahya Butt passed away in Lahore on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Butt was a role model for millions of young Pakistanis who became famous body builders and earned respect for the country. Yahya Butt won the Mr Asia title three times in his career. He was diagnozed with colon cancer. He lifted the Mr Olympia and Mr Pakistan titles five times in his life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yahha Butt was chairman of the Punjab Bodybuilding Association and he was admitted to a private hospital in Lahore for cancer treatment last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President of the Punjab Bodybuilding Association (PBBA) Naeem Akhtar confirmed the news of Butt’s death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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