page_title: Louis Cyr
section_title: Death
hierarchical_section_title: Louis Cyr / Death
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Le monument à Louis Cyr est une sculpture de Robert Pelletier (1914-1984) situé dans le quartier Saint-Henri à Montréal. Il fut inauguré en juin 1973 dans le square Élizabeth, renommé parc des Hommes-Forts en 1994.
context_page_description: Louis Cyr was a French Canadian strongman with a career spanning the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His recorded feats, including lifting 500 pounds with one finger and backlifting 4,337 pounds, show Cyr to be, according to former International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness chairman Ben Weider, the strongest man ever to have lived.
context_section_description: By 1904 Cyr's health began to fail due to excessive eating and inactivity. At the time, he weighed 400 pounds (180 kg). He slimmed down as best he could for his last contest of strength, with Hector De Carrie. Cyr retained his title and retired unvanquished.
  Cyr died on November 10, 1912, in Montreal, of chronic nephritis and was interred at St-Jean-De-Matha. Great homage was paid by all of Canada, with immense crowds attending the funeral and floral tributes coming from all over the world.
  He was portrayed by Antoine Bertrand in the 2013 biographical film Louis Cyr, l'homme le plus fort du monde.
caption: Monument to Louis Cyr by Robert Pelletier in Place des Hommes-Forts in Montreal
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