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Age |
Feat |
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| 1954 |
40 |
Jack swam the entire length of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, CA, underwater with 140 pounds of equipment, including air tanks – a world record. |
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| 1955 |
41 |
Jack swam from Alcatraz Island to Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco while handcuffed. |
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| 1956 |
42 |
Jack set a world record of 1,033 push-ups in 23 minutes 50 seconds. |
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| 1957 |
43 |
Jack swam the Golden Gate channel while towing a 2,500-point cabin cruiser. The swift ocean currents turned the one-mile swim into a swimming distance of 6.5 miles. |
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| 1958 |
44 |
Jack maneuvered a paddleboard non-stop from the Farallon Islands to the San Francisco shore. The 30-mile trip took 9.5 hours. |
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| 1959 |
45 |
Jack did 1,000 star jumps and 1,000 chin-ups in 1 hour, 22 minutes. His well-known white German shepherd, Happy, was born this year, the same year The Jack LaLanne Show went nationwide. |
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| 1974 |
60 |
For the second time, Jack swam from Alcatraz Island to Fisherman’s Wharf. Again he was handcuffed, but this time he was also shackled and towed a 1,000-pound boat. |
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| 1975 |
61 |
Repeating his performance of 21 years earlier, Jack again swam the entire length of the Golden Gate Bridge, underwater and handcuffed, but this time he was shackled and towed a 1,000 pound boat. |
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| 1976 |
62 |
To commemorate the "Spirit of 76" United States Bicentennial, Jack swam one mile in Long Beach Harbor. He was handcuffed and shackled, and he towed 13 boats, representing the 13 original colonies, containing a total of 76 people. |
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| 1979 |
65 |
Jack towed 65 boats in Lake Ashinoko near Tokyo, Japan. He was handcuffed and shackled, and the boats were filled with 6,500 pounds of Louisiana Pacific wood pulp. |
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| 1980 |
66 |
Jack towed 10 boats in North Miami, Florida. The boats carried 77 people, and he towed them for over one mile in less than one hour. |
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| 1984 |
70 |
Once again handcuffed and shackled, Jack fought strong winds and currents as he swam 1.5 miles while towing 70 boats with 70 people from the Queen’s Way Bridge in the Long Beach Harbor to the Queen Mary. |
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| 1992 |
78 |
Jack received the Academy of Body Building and Fitness Award |
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| 1994 |
80 |
Jack received the State of California Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness Lifetime Achievement Award. |
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| 1996 |
82 |
Jack received the Dwight D. Eisenhower Fitness Award. |
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| 1999 |
85 |
Jack received the Spirit of Muscle Beach Award |
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| 2002 |
88 |
Jack received a star on the Hollywood Boulevard Walk of Fame |
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| 2004 |
90 |
Jack celebrated his 90th birthday in New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles as ESPN Classic ran a 24-hour marathon of the original Jack LaLanne television shows. |
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| 2005 |
91 |
Jack received the Jack Webb Award from the Los Angeles Police Department Historical Society, the Arnold Classic Lifetime Achievement Award, Interglobal's International Infomercial Award, The Freddie Public Service Award for Outstanding Contributions to Global Fitness, the Medical Media Public Service Award and he was a Free Spirit honoree at Al Neuharth’s Freedom Forum. |
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| 2008 |
94 |
Jack launches the Jack LaLanne Health Community for the benefit of all. |
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| 2009 |
95 |
Jack works with Robert Kennedy Publishing to release his book, Live Young Forever. |
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| 2011 |
96 |
Jack passed away in Morro Bay, CA on January 23. |
