Kenneth Jacuzzi, inspiration for in-home hydrotherapy, dies at age 75
Jacuzzi Group Worldwide offers its deepest condolences to the wife and family of Ken Jacuzzi on the occasion of his passing last week.
At the age of two, Ken Jacuzzi contracted juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, leaving him bound to a wheelchair for most of his life. Told that he would not live to see his third birthday, Ken’s mother took him home and his father, Candido, invented a pump to give his son pain-relieving hydrotherapy treatments at home. That hydrotherapy pump led to what is known as the Jacuzzi® Brand today. After a long and successful life in manufacturing, marketing and research and development around the globe, Ken Jacuzzi passed away last week at age 75.
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Last year, Ken Jacuzzi gave a brief interview about his life here: