Editing Jim Fixx (section)

{{Short description|American fitness advocate and author (1932–1984)}}
{{Infobox person
|name=Jim Fixx
|birth_name=James Fuller Fixx
|birth_date={{birth date|1932|4|23}}
|birth_place=[[New York City]], U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1984|7|20|1932|4|23}}
|death_place=[[Hardwick, Vermont]], U.S.
|alma_mater=[[Oberlin College]]
|occupation=
|parents = [[Calvin Fixx]]
|children = 4
|known_for=''[[The Complete Book of&nbsp;Running]]''
}}
'''James Fuller Fixx''' (April 23, 1932 – July 20, 1984) was an American who wrote the 1977 best-selling book ''[[The Complete Book of Running]]''; he&nbsp;is credited with helping start America's fitness revolution by popularizing the sport of running and demonstrating the health benefits of regular [[jogging]]. Fixx died of a [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]] while jogging at 52 years of age;<ref name=lmtfdwr>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vYNfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zjAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3226%2C1976691 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |agency=Associated Press |title=Jogging author Fixx dies while running |date=July 22, 1984 |page=5A}}</ref> his genetic predisposition for heart problems and other previous lifestyle factors may have caused his heart attack.<ref name=obitnyt>
{{cite news
|first = Jane
|last = Gross
|title = James F. Fixx Dies Jogging; Author on Running was 52
|work = The New York Times
|url = https://www.nytimes.com/1984/07/22/obituaries/james-f-fixx-dies-jogging-author-on-running-was-52.html
|date = 22 July 1984
|access-date = 13 August 2015}}</ref>