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James A. Corea
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James A. Corea (September 25, 1937 – March 3, 2001), Ph.D., Dr. Science, ND, RPT, was a radio personality and specialist in nutrition, rehabilitation, and sports medicine. He founded Vita-Labs a brand of health food supplement. He died of a heart attack at age 63. He was married to Barbara L. Caputi in about 1963 and had a daughter Michelle L. Corea.
He was born in Camden, New Jersey and graduated from Camden Catholic High School. He spent his early years as an Olympic weightlifter and entering bodybuilding competitions, and won the Mr. Camden County body building competition. He served in the United States Marine Corps and later served in the United States Army Reserve.
He founded a supplement company, Vita-Labs, of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, then called Delaware Township, in 1958. In the 1960s, Corea was a strength coach for the Philadelphia Eagles for a decade. In 1962, he opened the Jim Corea Gym and Athletic Club in Cherry Hill. It was the first of its kind, a full-service gymnasium, which was frequented by many local sport legends in the area. He also operated a gymnasium and physical rehabilitation facility, conducted police academy fitness training and hosted a top-rated radio show on Philadelphia's WWDB. Dr. Jim's show ran on WWDB for over 20 years, and he was a Philadelphia radio icon during his career. In addition, he was a professor at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and one of the most popular naturopathic physicians in the Northeast.
He lost his radio slot in November 2000, along with all the talk presenters, when the station changed its format from talk to music. He had been offered a new radio job, which he was due to start in 2001.
Dr. James A. Corea, "James A" for short, had a set of idiosyncrasies. He'd never drunk alcohol in his life, not even a glass of champagne at his wedding. He was proud of his "wheels", wearing shorts every day of the year, even in sub-zero weather. He never took vacations, rose at 4:30 every morning and lifted weights for several hours, then ran a few miles.
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