# The death of the most interesting man in the world?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 21, 2012, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-death-of-the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/613527 "2012-02-21T15:07:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-death-of-the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/613527/1 "2012-02-21T15:07:39Z")

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John Fairfax could be the Dos Equis guy…

> **[John Fairfax, Who Rowed Across Oceans, Dies at 74 (Published 2012)](https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/us/john-fairfax-who-rowed-across-oceans-dies-at-74.html?pagewanted=1&_r=3)**
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> In 1969, after six months alone on the Atlantic battling storms, sharks and encroaching madness, Mr. Fairfax became the first lone oarsman in recorded history to traverse any ocean.

Here’s just one of many snippets from the obituary…

“In Panama, he met a pirate, applied for a job as a pirate’s apprentice and was taken on. He spent three years smuggling guns, liquor and cigarettes around the world, becoming captain of one of his boss’s boats, work that gave him superb navigational skills.”

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**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2012, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-death-of-the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/613527/2 "2012-02-22T00:19:52Z")

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Yeah, but could he bowl overhand?

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**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2012, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-death-of-the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/613527/3 "2012-02-22T00:43:07Z")

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No he died in 1947. Seriously, just read Frederick Russell Burnham’s Wikipedia article.

[Frederick Russell Burnham - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Russell_Burnham)