Jim Fixx Jim Fixx James Fuller "Jim" Fixx (April 23, 1932 – July 20, 1984) was an American who wrote the 1977 best-selling book "The Complete Book of Running". He is credited with helping start America's fitness revolution, popularizing the sport of running and demonstrating the health benefits of regular jogging. He died of a heart attack while jogging at 52 years of age. His genetic predisposition for heart problems and other previous lifestyle factors may have caused his heart attack. Born in New York City, Fixx was a graduate of Trinity School in New York and Oberlin College in Ohio. His
Calvin Fixx first months of the Hiss Case (1948–1950), Chambers, feeling unable to face "TIME" offices, used to spend much time at Fixx's home. Supporters of Alger Hiss used Fixx's 1942 heart attack and 1950 death to criticize his 1942 supervisor Whittaker Chambers. Ardent Hiss supporter Meyer Zeligs elaborated how Chambers "drew into the orbit of this killing [work] schedule" Fixx. "TIME" did not give bylines during Fixx's tenure, but he also published elsewhere, including these in "The New Republic": Calvin Fixx Calvin Fixx, born Calvin Henry Fix (August 1, 1906 – March 3, 1950), was a 20th-century American journalist and editor,