EXHIBIT 99.1
BALLY TOTAL FITNESS
8700 West Bryn Mawr Avenue
Chicago, IL 60631
www.BallyFitness.com
Contact: Dave Southern - Tel. (773) 399-7611
Vice President, Public & Investor Relations
THE MWW GROUP
Contact: Laurie Terry-Fern - Tel. (201) 507-9500
[email protected]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
STATEMENT FROM LEE HILLMAN, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF BALLY
TOTAL FITNESS ON THE UNTIMELY DEATH OF ITS LONG-TIME NON-
EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN, ARTHUR M. GOLDBERG
CHICAGO, October 19, 2000 – This is an extraordinarily sad
day for me and all of us at Bally Total Fitness (NYSE:BFT). Arthur Goldberg has
been a mentor, friend and inspiration for the past ten years. It was his vision
and confidence in the management of Bally Total Fitness that gave us the ability
to turn this company into a market leader. I feel blessed to have known Arthur
and to have lived and learned under his leadership and friendship. It is hard to
express how much we will all miss him.
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