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Former IFBB Pro Bodybuilder Shelley Beattie Dead at Age 39

Posted on 13:59 February 17th, 2008 by Millard Baker

Dave Palumbo of Muscular Development reports that former IFBB Pro Bodybuilder and former American Gladiator Shelley Beattie died on February 13, 2008. She was 39 years old.

Beattie played “Siren” on the original American Gladiators series (not be confused with Valerie Waugaman who plays “Siren” in the current series). Beattie was one of very few and the most accomplished deaf female professional bodybuilders. She was an actress who appeared in the movie Hot Shots! Part Deaux that starred Charlie Sheen. She was formerly married to John Romano, senior editor for Muscular Development Magazine.

Shelley Beattie on cover - Muscular Development Magazine August 1993

Shelley Beattie on cover - Muscular Development Magazine February 1994

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20 Responses to “Former IFBB Pro Bodybuilder Shelley Beattie Dead at Age 39”

  1. Bodybuilding.com - Speak it, believe it, achieve it! - Rest in Peace: Shelley Beattie Says:
    February 17th, 2008 at 5:54 pm
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  2. Raye Hollitt Says:
    February 18th, 2008 at 11:49 pm
    I absolutely loved Shelly. Shelly was only on the show for a few years, but we became very close friends. I did not participate in the Orlando Gladiator events as I had just become a mom. Shelly was a beautiful, inteligent, woman in my mind that I find it hard to believe this news. I have nothing but prayers in my heart for her. I do not know the details of her passing, but know that she is in a better place and that God will take care of her.
  3. FeminineBodybuilding.com Says:
    February 24th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
    I remember watching shelley and it’s great to hear all the wonderful comments from those who knew her well. Shelly will be missed.
  4. Dann Lennard Says:
    March 1st, 2008 at 5:52 pm
    I assume yet another steroids-related death?
  5. chuck Says:
    March 2nd, 2008 at 7:50 pm
    I remember her from the 90s. She’s going to be missed. Please don’t jump the assumption that it’s steroid related please. Let the facts come out first.
  6. Donna Says:
    March 5th, 2008 at 10:09 pm
    SHELLEY’S DEATH WAS NOT RELATED TO STEROIDS! SHELLEY FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT, IF YOU WERE REALLY CLOSE TO HER YOU WOULD KNOW THE FACTS AND IF NOT MAYBE IT’S NOT REALLY ANY OF YOU BUSINESS HOW SHE DIED. THE SAD TRUTH IS THAT SHE IS NO LONGER WITH US HERE ON EARTH - THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT SHE WAITING FOR US WHEN IT IS OUR TURN!
    SHELLEY BEATTIE I WILL MISS YOU DEARLY! YOU FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT - I LOVE YOU GIRL!
  7. Mike Says:
    March 6th, 2008 at 9:30 am
    Shelley will be sorely missed by everyone who watched her on television. I was shocked when I learned she had died. I would like to think right now she is in a place too beautiful to imagine.
  8. Joe M. Oakes Says:
    March 7th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
    Hey, anyone who is in the entertainment business has no business of their own. If one holds themselves out as exemplary, physically and artistically, they do become an example. A young woman dies at 39yrs of age, it begs the question from fans and viewers. No forthcoming answer only confirms anabolic steroid abuse.
    As to Shelly “being in a better place waiting for us” I do doubt it. Cut the fantasy.
  9. Donna Says:
    March 8th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
    Joe M Oakes - I speak not out of fantasy, or ignorance as it appears you do. I speak with the true knowledge of what happened to Shelley, anabolic steroid use played NO ROLE in Shelley’s death. It’s people like you that spew ignorance from your mouth and fingertips that should quit living in the “fantasy” of belief that you have a right to know the details of her life and death. She was no longer in the entertainment business, and her life was her business NOT YOURS!
  10. Antonia Mueller Says:
    March 11th, 2008 at 10:56 am
    I saw Shelley in the deaf newspaper and magazine in 1993 ago, I always cut the pictures of Shelley’s famous body shape on wall in my garage and my goal want meet Shelley but I lost see her! I want to say for her “Shelley is the number one of top muscle shape than other deaf people in the world”
  11. Shelley Beattie Committed Suicide After Suffering from Bipolar Disorder | MESO-Rx Steroid Blog Says:
    March 11th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
    […] Salem Statesman-Journal reports the cause of death of former IFBB pro bodybuilder Shelley Beattie (”Farewell to one who beat so many […]
  12. Bernard Bunuan Says:
    March 11th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
    Well, Joe Oakes, are you happy now knowing that it wasn’t steroids that killed poor Shelley?! Are you satisfied? She was an amazing woman. Her accomplishments are to be admired, not sullied.
  13. Mike Lareau Says:
    March 11th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
    “Shelley Beattie Committed Suicide After Suffering from Bipolar Disorder | MESO-Rx Steroid Blog”

    So in light of the above report, tell me, Mr. Oakes, don’t you feel like the SOB you are? Steroids indeed! Give me a break!

  14. Mike Durkin Says:
    March 12th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
    The comments made by Mr. Oakes are the exact reason the reset/delete buttons were created. And if they aren’t available, there is the close button. Shelley had a life that should be well remembered. If you focus on the mistakes people made, and ignore the good things they did for themselves and others. You miss out on the masterpiece that is life itself.
  15. frank Says:
    March 18th, 2008 at 11:19 pm
    Shelley was one of my fav Gladiators, speaking as a guy that lives with his depression. It’s very tough to get through a month sometimes…and Shelley, when I get to where you are, bodybuilder or not, I’m gonna kick your butt.
  16. Dean Says:
    March 23rd, 2008 at 5:57 pm
    Shelly was my friend and i miss her deeply. i did a couple of paintings of her, one for the 91 ms. olympia it is one of my most valued possesion. and the other for emerald cup championships. these two paintings set my career on fire. and in closing, thank you Shelly for the adventures and i love you dearly. for those who wish to see the paintings they are on this website philiphowe.com/deanwilliamsillustration/
  17. Rob Says:
    March 28th, 2008 at 11:55 am
    Very sad indeed. My heart goes out to her family and friends.

    I do agree that she ISN’T in some “better place”, unless that better place only suggests her being free from an obviously pained existence. There is no heaven or hell; no life after death.

    Shelley was a talented bodybuilder and athlete, and, by all accounts, a warm and friendly woman.

    Again, very sad.

    Respectfully,

    Rob

  18. CMK Says:
    April 5th, 2008 at 11:07 pm
    If you think there is no life after death and there is no heaven or hell, then you, my friend, are the one who is mistaken. You’ll be going to one or the other when you die, so you’d better be prepared. Sorry to break the news.

    & sad to hear about the loss.

  19. Larry Says:
    April 13th, 2008 at 12:33 am
    Rob,

    How do you know if there is no life after death? Have you experianced death to know? Obviously not?

    So steroids was not the reson she committed suicide. But, could steroids have made her manic depressive or bi-polar? Well, if you pump a bunch of chemicals into your body, one can only assume.

    Is her death sad? Yes it is. No onw knows where she is now. If she was saved, she is in heaven as no where in the bible is self destruction a sin that will send you to hell. But only God knows where she is.

  20. Jan Says:
    April 26th, 2008 at 7:51 am
    God Bless you Shelley, You were always loved.

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