A BODYBUILDER dubbed “muscle squeezer” has been found dead in his flat at the age of 64.
Akinwale Arobieke, known as Purple Aki, sadly passed away at his home on Devonshire Road in Toxteth, Merseyside.
Officers pronounced him dead at the scene at around 8.30pm on Tuesday, August 26.
Merseyside Police confirmed his death is not thought to be suspicious.
Arobieke became known for approaching young rugby players and asked permission to touch their muscles.
He also tried to get them to pose for him and offered exercise advice.
In the north west of England in the 1990s Purple Aki became an urban legend, with teenagers sharing stories of a man who had ask to feel their muscles.
Aki was often seen travelling between northern train stations with his signature plastic bag, becoming the butt of a joke across Liverpool, Manchester and North Wales.
Aki would occasionally resurface in local newspapers after various encounters with the law.
He was banned from touching, feeling and measuring muscles, and also from asking strangers to perform squats for him from 2006.
Aki was prevented from waiting near schools and gyms and was banned from entering Warrington, Widnes and St Helens, all of which have a strong rugby heritage.
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