The Resume

(October 12, 1923-April 29, 2015)
Born in Brooklyn, New York
Birth name was Jean Slutsky
Incorporated Weight Watchers (May 15, 1963)
Sold Weight Watchers to H.J. Heinz Company for $71.2 million (1978)

Why she might be annoying:

She worked for the IRS.
She was divorced twice, with her second marriage, to a bass player she met on a cruise ship, lasting only a couple of months.
She was 'obsessed' with Mallomar cookies, which she would hide in a clothes hamper and binge on in the bathroom at night.

Why she might not be annoying:

After losing 20 pounds on a diet, she felt her resolve weakening and formed a support group with several overweight friends (1961).
She eventually lost 70 pounds and kept it off the rest of her life.
Weight Watchers takes a common-sense approach to dieting emphasizing gradual weight loss and maintenance instead of crash dieting.
She said, 'If you're going to lose weight, you have to do it by changing your way of thinking about food. It cannot be the highlight of your life.'

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Born in Brooklyn, New York
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 57]
• College Drop Outs
• Horatio Alger Association Members
• I am Not a Natural Blonde
• I Attended City College of New York
• I Created a Diet
• I Died in 2015 (Ranked: 91)
• I Have Dementia/Alzheimer's
• I Lost a Lot of Weight
• I Married and Divorced in the Same Calender Year
• I Married for Less than Two Years
• I Married in 1975
• Our Marriage Didn't Make It To Our First Anniversary
• Platinum Blondes
• Poodle Owners
• Profiles 36501-36750 (Ranked: 36621)
• Weight Watcher Diet Spokespeople

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 90.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 105 Votes: 53.33% Annoying