Christopher Sheldon

Age: 76

Summary: captain of the sailing ship Albatross who took 15 students, 2 teachers, a cook and his wife on a field trip in 1961 when the ship was hit by a freak storm and sank with Sheldon, 11 students and the teachers surviving and inspiring the movie White Squall with Jeff Bridges portraying Sheldon.

Cause of Death: Pancreatic cancer

Born: October 12, 1926

Died: October 5, 2002

Location: Stamford, Connecticut