Bodybuilder, 44, collapses and dies 'while on gym treadmill'

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German Netflix star bodybuilder, 44, collapses and dies 'while on gym treadmill' a day after tragic last selfie​

02 Apr 2025, updated 16:19 BST 02 Apr 2025

By TARYN PEDLER

A German Netflix star and bodybuilder collapsed and died in a gym while reportedly running on a treadmill just a day after posting a tragic last selfie.

Vittorio Pirbazari, 44, known for his villain role in Dogs of Berlin, passed away on Monday with fellow actor and filmmaker Said Ibrahim taking to Instagram to confirm the tragic news.

Ibrahim announced the death of his friend, writing: 'Vito had a soft heart like a ten-year-old'. According to the actor, Pirbazari may have suffered a heart attack while on the treadmill but this is yet to be confirmed.

In January, the Netflix star uploaded a series of selfies from a hospital after undergoing surgery. He explained his right pectoral muscle had been torn and surgically reattached.

He took his 90,700 Instagram followers on his healing journey, but before his death, a near-fatal car accident set him back.

Pirbazari miraculously survived the ordeal, but suffered a fractured vertebra, tissue damage, and both of his legs required stitches.

Following a 12-week break from the gym after his accident, he decided to return on March 23. Then on Sunday, March 30, one day before he died, he posted what would become his last selfie.

He wrote beneath the image: 'My current form after 12 weeks without exercise or much exercise. Of course, it's no comparison to before, but I'm on the right track given the circumstances'.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14...gic-selfie.html

 

[Leongsam]

Vaccine?

 

[Sustanon]

Vaccine?

but the scapegoat here will be steroids..... never the vaccine's fault.... 44 years old ish still very young.... would have alot more to enjoy....

 

[Truthspeak]

 

[tobelightlight]

 

[True Believer]

but the scapegoat here will be steroids..... never the vaccine's fault.... 44 years old ish still very young.... would have alot more to enjoy....

For a bodybuilder to die suddenly at age 44 is extremely unusual. I have colleagues alive and kicking in their 50s and 60s who sit for 8-9 hours in the office, then head home to be couch potatoes for the rest of the evening after tucking into a hearty dinner.

 

[WangChuk]

over stressed the heart until it breakdown and stopped suddenly?

 

[True Believer]

over stressed the heart until it breakdown and stopped suddenly?

More likely his overreliance on steroids and other protein supplements.

 

[syed putra]

Vaccine?

Looking at those veins on his muscular body, maybe high blood pressure.

 

[Rogue Trader]

Steroids

 

[Sustanon]

Steroids

Possibly. That why steroids will become the scapegoat. The cause is very likely to be multiple jabs of the vaccine.

 

[cocobobo]

but the scapegoat here will be steroids..... never the vaccine's fault.... 44 years old ish still very young.... would have alot more to enjoy....

because it is. See all the WWE chaps.

 

[Rogue Trader]

Possibly. That why steroids will become the scapegoat. The cause is very likely to be multiple jabs of the vaccine.

Look at the fella's deltoids. A natural bodybuilder won't have delts as big as his head.

 

[Rogue Trader]

because it is. See all the WWE chaps.

And the Sinkapore bodybuilding federation chairman who died right after boxing with Steven Lim