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Bodybuilder known for using oil and alcohol injections to achieve 'Popeye' bicep dies at 55

Bodybuilder Arlindo de Souza, widely known as the "Brazilian Popeye," has died. He was 55 years old. The bodybuilder died on ...

‘Brazilian Popeye’ bodybuilder dies aged just 55 after TV star took home-made drugs & had ‘biggest biceps’ in country

A POPULAR Brazilian bodybuilder dubbed the real-life Popeye has tragically died. Arlindo de Souza, 55, once known for having ...
Gistmania

Bodybuilder Famed For Injecting Alcohol And Oil Into His Arms Dies At 55

A famous Brazilian bodybuilder has reportedly d!ed at the age of 55 after suffering health complications. Arlindo de Souza, ...

Brazilian Popeye bodybuilder Arlindo de Souza dies at 55 after kidney failure linked to oil injections fame

Arlindo de Souza, known as the “Brazilian Popeye,” died at 55 in Recife after kidney failure and cardiac arrest, according to ...
New York Post

Russian ‘Popeye’ who injected his biceps to grow freakishly big could now lose both arms to gruesome infection

He’s Popeye the Failure Man. A bodybuilder who injected petroleum jelly into his biceps to make them freakishly large — getting him nicknamed the “Russian Popeye” — may now lose both arms because of a ...
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What Is Synthol and Why Are People Injecting It Into Their Muscles?

Getting ripped takes effort. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson didn’t get to look the way he does by sitting on the sofa with a packet of Doritos propped up on his pecs. It took years of sweat, pain and ...