Champion bodybuilder Hayley McNeff has passed away at the age of 37, becoming the sixth bodybuilder to pass away within the past six months.
McNeff, a native of Concord, Massachusetts, passed away on August 8 - but tributes didn't start pouring in until Wednesday.
Her cause of death has not yet been disclosed, but her obituary says her passing was 'unexpected but peaceful'.
Funeral services for McNeff have been planned for this coming Sunday.
Growing up, McNeff was active in many sports - including skiing and diving - while becoming an accomplished equestrian, according to an obituary posted to Boston.com.
McNeff graduating from UMass Amherst and discovered bodybuilding as an adult. She intended to pursue a graduate degree in psychology.
McNeff rose to prominence in the body building world in the 2000s - winning several titles, including the 2009 East Coast Classic.
She continued competing into the 2010s and was featured in a bodybuilding documentary released in 2016 titled 'Raising The Bar.
In that film, she discussed her career, saying, 'The quest for getting huge will never end. There's no limit. I hope there's a day that I'll be able to look in the mirror 100 percent of the time and be like "yeah man, I'm huge."'
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