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Francis Chichester

New zealand yacht racer (1901–1972).

Born September 17th, 1901 in Barnstaple.

Died August 26th, 1972 at 70 years old in Plymouth (lung cancer).

Occupations
aircraft pilot, entrepreneur, explorer, sailor, seafarer, writer
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It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. Marcus Aurelius