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Family’s silence nearly cost fitness instructor her life

By Bella English

 |  Globe Staff  

  January 29, 2012

In 1974, Dianne Kane was voted the most outstanding girl athlete at South Boston High School, where she was captain of the basketball, volleyball, and track and field teams. In college, Kane majored in physical education. A Quincy resident, she has run 17 marathons, and she is a longtime fitness trainer and instructor who has taught thousands of fitness classes over the past 20 years. But at age 52, she had a massive heart attack.

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