Former Australian spy Alisdair Putt dies during ‘World’s Toughest Row’ across the Atlantic
by Guardian staff from Environment | The Guardian on (#6HMPB)
Race organisers say former war crimes investigator suffered a heart attack while skippering a boat from the Canary Islands to Antigua
A former Australian spy and war crimes investigator has died skippering a rowing boat in a race across the Atlantic Ocean.
Alisdair Putt, who had planned to spend his 62nd birthday on the boat, suffered a heart attack while competing in the Talisker Whisky Atlantic rowing race from the Canary Islands to Antigua.
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