{"id":7079,"date":"2025-08-21T13:25:34","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T13:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/?p=7079"},"modified":"2025-08-21T13:25:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T13:25:34","slug":"bodybuilding-champion-passed-away-at-age-37","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/?p=7079","title":{"rendered":"Bodybuilding Champion Passed Away At Age 37"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"71\" data-end=\"169\">Bodybuilding champion Hayley McNeff passed away unexpectedly but peacefully last Friday at age 37.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"171\" data-end=\"402\">A Concord, Mass., native, Hayley was remembered as a determined and vibrant force. \u201cShe was like a beam of light,\u201d said her father, Dave McNeff. \u201cShe achieved great success in bodybuilding and fitness. We love and miss her dearly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"404\" data-end=\"640\">A lifelong athlete, Hayley graduated from Concord-Carlisle High School and UMass Amherst, later studying psychology to help others. She excelled in sports like equestrian, diving, and skiing before becoming a U.S. Bodybuilding Champion.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"642\" data-end=\"860\">Loved for her wit, warmth, and drive, Hayley built deep connections with those around her. She is survived by her family and many friends. Donations in her memory can be made to the National Alliance on Mental Illness.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"862\" data-end=\"985\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Her coach paid tribute on Instagram, calling her \u201ca good soul\u201d with \u201ctremendous potential\u201d and a dear friend gone too soon.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"862\" data-end=\"985\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DNRZNquN7th\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=675&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Ftiphero.com&amp;rp=%2Fbodybuilding-champion-passed-away-at-age-37%3F%3Dths%26fbclid%3DIwY2xjawMOk-BleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFkNGlqS2dDZGRITHo4bXd0AR46zjcZsBIbbm05acPMmUCkWWKgQfHlnq_xhP0Ksk8DNBoKIRr9JfISA0GSGw_aem_CLAGW7aHl7K2bMGvc7#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A2123.39999999851%2C%22ls%22%3A1107.5999999940395%2C%22le%22%3A1549.6999999955297%7D\" height=\"914\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bodybuilding champion Hayley McNeff passed away unexpectedly but peacefully last Friday at age 37. A Concord, Mass., native, Hayley was remembered as a determined and vibrant force. \u201cShe was like a beam of light,\u201d said her father, Dave McNeff. \u201cShe achieved great success in bodybuilding and fitness. We love and miss her dearly.\u201d A lifelong &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7079"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7079\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7080,"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7079\/revisions\/7080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}