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Arthur Robin

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Arthur Robin, born on 5 February 1927 and died on 20 January 2023, was a French professional bodybuilder. He won the Mr. Universe championship in 1957, and he is recorded as the first Black winner of that competition. Late in life he played himself in the 2016 Austrian-Italian fictional film Mister Universo, in which a circus lion tamer goes searching for him; the film was shown at the 2016 Vienna International Film Festival. He died at the age of 95.

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1927 1
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    Robin was born on 5 February 1927.
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    He won the 1957 Mr. Universe championship.
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    was a French professional bodybuilder
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    was a French professional bodybuilder
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    He won the 1957 Mr. Universe championship
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