Edward Lowe Dies at 75; a Hunch Led Him to Create Kitty Litter
By ROBERT McG. THOMAS Jr.
Published: October 6, 1995
Edward Lowe, whose accidental discovery of a product he called Kitty Litter made cats more welcome household company and created a half-billion-dollar industry, died on Wednesday at a hospital in Sarasota, Fla. He was 75 and had divided his time between homes in Arcadia, Fla., and Cassopolis, Mich.
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Material success had its personal price, however, as became evident in 1984, when Mr. Lowe dismissed his four children and his three sons-in-law from their company positions after saying they were conspiring to take over the company by having him declared incompetent as an alcoholic.
Mr. Lowe, who denied he had a serious drinking
problem, said his three daughters had joined Alanon, an organization for
children of alcoholics, as a ruse. The daughters said they were simply
trying to understand what they regarded as his strange behavior.