Jayne Trcka, bodybuilder and “Scary Film” gymnasium instructor, dies at 62

Jayne Trcka, the bodybuilder and health mannequin recognized for enjoying highschool gymnasium instructor Miss Mann in Scary Film, died Dec. 12. She was 62.

A consultant for the San Diego Medical Examiner's Workplace confirmed Trcka's loss of life to Leisure Weekly. A trigger was not disclosed, as Trcka's loss of life remains to be pending investigation.

Trcka's loss of life was first reported by TMZ. Regulation enforcement sources instructed the outlet that her physique was found in her San Diego dwelling following a number of makes an attempt from a buddy to get in contact along with her. Authorities had been finally contacted and first responders arrived on the scene, the place they pronounced Trcka useless.

An actress {and professional} athlete, Trcka was born Feb. 27, 1963, in St. Paul. She studied gymnastics and different sports activities, and started weight coaching in 1986. She went on to compete in quite a few bodybuilding reveals, and by 1998 give up her full-time postal provider job to deal with a profession in health coaching. Trcka went on to seem in a number of health magazines, together with Flex, MuscleMag Worldwide, and Ladies's Physique World.

"Bodybuilding wasn't an instantaneous resolution," Trcka instructed Bodybuilding.com in a 2004 interview. "It simply sort of adopted a development of phases. Competing in my first competitors and putting first and in addition getting protection together with the again cowl in Girl's Physique World. That result in my second present. Putting properly and loving competitors and performing stored me going."

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Trcka expanded her profession into movies and tv starting with the horror spoof Scary Film, which hit theaters in 2000. The comedic flip led Trcka to ebook further roles in titles together with 2002's The Black Magic, 2003's Nudity Required, 2003's The Interplanetary Surplus Male and Amazon Ladies of Outer House, and 2006's Cattle Name. She additionally appeared in a number of commercials and guested on reveals equivalent to Whose Line is It Anyway? and The Drew Carey Present.

In her later years, Trcka labored as a realtor in California.

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