Abbye “Pudgy” Stockton, a pioneer female weightlifter and women’s gym owner who helped put Santa Monica’s Muscle Beach on the map in the 1930s and ‘40s, died of complications of ...

Abbye “Pudgy” Stockton — a pioneer female weightlifter and women’s gym owner who helped put Muscle Beach on the map in the 1930s and 1940s — died of Alzheimer’s disease Monday at her ...