Éric Tabarly

Sailor.

Born July 24th, 1931 in Nantes. [ref]

Died June 13th, 1998 at 66 years old in Irish Sea (drowning).

Occupations
Officer of the French Navy, sailor, seafarer
Wikipedia

Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs