The Curry-Kenny clan, one of Australia’s most famous families, spent 40 years in the spotlight before having to break the news their beloved firstborn had died.
Throughout the past 40 years, the couple embraced their time in the limelight, turning their fame and the lifestyle millions of Aussies aspired to into a multimillion-dollar empire.
In a heartbreaking Instagram post the next morning, Ms Curry said she could “barely breathe” after losing Jaimi. Their fame was so intense the couple even had to hire police to control the crowds at their 1986 wedding.Source:News Corp Australia Jaimi, then two years old and sitting in her mum’s arms, made headlines at the games when she declared: “Mummy, you’re a freak.”Source:Getty Images
The family went from success to success, applying their enviable work ethic to business and building their brand. “The decision to be involved in business was a conscious one, but the evolution from that to what we’re doing now was just based on opportunities.”By the age of 14, Jaimi was competing in national swimming competitions, telling media she wanted to “compete for Australia one day”.Source:News Corp Australia
“It’s good having Mum because she knows what she is talking about. She knows how it feels to train and to race. Mr Kenny, according to the Sport Australia Hall of Fame is regarded as the best surf lifesaver of all time after he famously won the junior and senior Ironman titles in 1980 at the age of 16.And Morgan, the couple’s middle child, earned a spot in the prestigious Moulin Rouge chorus in Paris only three years after she started dance lessons.
“Growing up in a public life, obviously has its ups and downs, the kids get drawn into that,” Ms Curry told the“We have discussed the ups and downs of public life, but we are very private as well … we are guarded in what we say and do.”The Courier-Mail Ms Curry retired from swimming in 1992 and competed surf boat rowing and world championship outrigger canoeing before doctors diagnosed her with a potentially deadly heart condition in 2008 and ordered her to slow down.
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