Gregory Joujon-Roche
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Gregory Metcalfe Joujon-Roche (/ˈʒuːˌʒɒn ˈroʊʃ/;[1] December 7, 1966[2] – July 31, 2016) was an American personal trainer and author who founded Holistic Fitness in Los Angeles in 1994.[3]
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Born | Gregory Metcalfe Joujon-Roche December 7, 1966 California, U.S. |
Died | July 31, 2016 49) Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged
Occupation(s) | Personal trainer, author |
Spouse | Irma Joujon-Roche |
Children | 2 |
Career
Joujon-Roche was born in Los Angeles, California and raised in Kauai, Hawaii.[4][5] He later moved back to Los Angeles where he worked as a model and appeared in the 1989 direct-to-video horror film, Psycho Cop.[4][6] In the early 90s, Joujon-Roche began working as a personal trainer and, in 1994, opened Holistic Fitness.[3] His first celebrity client was actress Demi Moore who hired Joujon-Roche to get her into shape for the 1996 film Striptease.[5] He went on to train other celebrities including actors Brad Pitt (for the 2004 film Troy), Tobey Maguire (for 2002's Spider-Man) and Leonardo DiCaprio, singers Gwen Stefani and Pink and supermodel Gisele Bündchen.[7][8] He wrote a fitness book One Body, One Life : Six Weeks to the New You, released in April 2006. The following year, Joujon-Roche opened Real Raw Live, a juice bar, in Los Angeles.[9]
In 2014, Joujon-Roche, his wife Irma and their two children relocated to Sydney, Australia where he opened a second Real Raw Live juice bar.[10][9]
Death
On July 31, 2016, Joujon-Roche died of cholangiocarcinoma in Los Angeles at the age of 49.[2]
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