Lisa Lyon, bodybuilding pioneer and playboy model, dies at 70

Women's bodybuilding pioneer Lisa Lyon has passed away at 70 following a battle with pancreatic ,

Lyon, who also posed for Playboy in 1980, had been treated in a hospice in the San Fernando Valley in .

While being best known as a bodybuilder, she is also believed to have inspired Frank Miller to create the Marvel Comics character Elektra. In 2005, starred in 'Elektra' action film.

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