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Posted by Steve Denison on 5/1/2008, 4:22 pm
This was an email from his training partner Bob Evans:
Danny Herrera of Rowland Heights, Ca. passed away on April 25, 2008 of an apparent Heart attack
at the age of 70. He was a graduate of Humboldt State University and a current High School teacher
at Rosemead High School.
Danny started Powerlifting at the age of 60 and soon started rewriting the record books. He currently holds the Squat, Bench Press, DeadLift and Total records in the USPF in the 65-69 age class, 275 Lb weight class. These are California State and American PowerLifting records plus he holds the single
lift Bench Press records as well. He also holds all the USAPL California State Powerlifting and
Bench Press records in the same age and weight class. He also set State and World records in WABDL and AAU.
His best lifts are a 540 Lb squat, 440 Lb Bench, 501 Lb Deadlift and 1410 Lb total all performed at
65+ years of age. The lift he is most proud of was his 413 Lb RAW Bench Press at 64 years old which
is the AAU RAW American record.
His final goal in PowerLifting was to be the first man in USPF history to Bench Press over
400 Lbs at age 70+. He tried to do it at the USPF Nationals in Las Vegas last August but fell short
and now his time has run out.
I will miss you my friend. (Bob Evans)
Memorial service for Danny Herrera:
Wednesday, 05-07-08 at 11:00 a.m.
Rose Hills Memorial Park
3888 Workman Mill Road
Whittier, CA 90601
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