Milestones

DIED. Vic Tanny, 73, body builder who founded a nationwide chain of 100 or more gymnasiums and fitness centers that started in the mid-1930s and were the first to shed the grubby, back-street gym image in favor of carpets, chrome, cleanliness, swimming pools and a "pay as you perspire" plan that attracted working- class men and women; of a heart attack; in Tampa.