Bodybuilding legend Lee Haney seeks living kidney donor as family goes public with health struggles

Legendary bodybuilder and eight-time Mr. Olympia champion Lee Haney made a hopeless plea for assistance aft his household revealed this week that helium is successful request of a surviving kidney donor.

Haney’s lad took to societal media this week to uncover that the International Sports Hall of Famer’s kidney is failing 26 years aft archetypal being told that helium would "eventually" request one. 

Eight-time Mr. Olympia victor Lee Haney attends the Arnold Sports Festival International Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2015 successful Columbus, Ohio, connected March 7, 2015. (Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images)

"First clip sharing this — my dada needs a kidney donor. Please support him successful your prayers and stock if you can," Joshua Haney’s Instagram station read. "He is simply a blessing to truthful galore others and breathes beingness into each helium does. There is much enactment to do."

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Haney shared a connection of his ain to discredit an "appalling" rumor that seemingly began circulating aft his son’s post. He did not clarify what the rumors were.

"Greetings to each my household and fans, I americium live and well. It’s appalling to spot however accelerated rumors tin spread," his station read.  "Yes, I americium successful request of a surviving kidney donor arsenic communicated by my 2 awesome children. Many of you person sent prayers my mode and I admit them deeply. My attack is to beryllium proactive arsenic I look this existent challenge."

Haney said helium continues to thin connected his religion and that helium is "still good and afloat functional." 

Lee Haney stands astatine Centennial Olympic Park successful Atlanta, Georgia, connected July 21, 2007, during Dr. Ian Smith's "An Event to Change Your Life" hosted by Steve Harvey. (Rick Diamond/WireImage/ Getty Images)

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"My religion successful the Lord has ever been my ace power. Thank you each for being genuinely concerned. I americium inactive good and afloat functional," his station continued. "I’m not needed successful eden astatine the time." 

According to Haney’s children, Haney said his "faith, due nutrition, and exercise" person "delayed" his request for a transplant for galore years.

"My woman of 43 years and our 7 grandchildren would beryllium everlastingly grateful," Haney said successful the connection shared by his son. 

International bodybuilding champion Lee Haney hands retired signed copies of his publication successful a bookstore connected June 7, 1995. (Afro American Newspapers/Gado/Getty Images)

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Haney is mostly regarded arsenic 1 of the top nonrecreational builders of each time. He held the Mr. Olympia rubric for 8 consecutive years, from 1984-91 and was the youngest to triumph it astatine property 24.

He scored 2 cleanable scores successful 1986, marking a archetypal for the sport, and was aboriginal picked by erstwhile President Bill Clinton to service arsenic president of the President’s Council connected Physical Fitness and Sports from 1999-2002. 

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