Ron Fletcher learned the exercise system from its creators in New York in the 1940s when he was a Martha Graham dance student. His Beverly Hills studio attracted a who’s who of Hollywood in the 1970s. Ron Fletcher, a former dancer and choreographer who helped popularize the Pilates exercise system when he opened the first West Coast studio in 1972, died Tuesday at his home in Stonewall, Texas …

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Ron Fletcher dies at 90; opened West Coast’s first Pilates studio

Former dancer Ron Fletcher dies at 90; opened West Coast's first Pilates studio Kansas City Star Ron Fletcher, a former dancer and choreographer who helped popularize the Pilates exercise system when he opened the first West Coast studio in 1972, died Tuesday at his home in Stonewall, Texas. He was 90. The cause was congestive heart … and more »

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