Chris Dickerson was born on August 25, 1939. He is a former professional bodybuilder, model, and opera singer. Dickerson was the first African American AAU Mr. America, the oldest and first Black and openly gay winner of the IFBB Mr. Olympia contest, and one of only two bodybuilders to win both the Mr. Olympia and Masters Olympia competitions. Henri Christophe Dickerson was born in Montgomery, Alabama, the youngest of triplets. His mother, Mahala Ashley Dickerson, was a lifelong friend of […]

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