Timeline of select events

• 1914 - Born in San Francisco, California


• 1928 - Was a sickly youth, a self-described sugarholic, and drops out of high school


• 1929 - Goes with his mother to a health seminar conducted by Paul Bragg. Jack quits eating sugar and starts consuming healthy foods and exercising.


• 1936 - Opens one of the first modern health studios in Oakland, California, and creates a leg extension machine


• 1951 - The Jack LaLanne Show is broadcast on TV locally in San Francisco


• 1955 - Swims while handcuffed from Alcatraz Island to Fisherman's Wharf of San Francisco, California


• 1959 - Marries Elaine Doyle


• 1959 - The Jack LaLanne Show airs on TV nationally until 1985


• 1974 - Repeats the 1955 Alcatraz swim feat while towing a 1000 pound boat


• 1980 - In North Miami, Florida, swims and tows 10 boats with 77 people in excess of a mile


• 1994 - Receives a Lifetime Achievement Award from The State Of California Governor's Council on Physical Fitness


• 2002 - Receives a star on the Hollywood Boulevard Walk Of Fame, 7000 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, California


• 2011 - Passes away at the age of 96 in Morro Bay, California

For more information, please see the Official Jack LaLanne Website




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