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This victim fell overboard and was killed by a shark while swimming in Pensacola Bay, Santa Rosa County, Florida. John Bloomquist. September 23, 1911. Unconfirmed, probably a bull shark. Bloomquist was killed by a shark in the Galveston, Texas, ship channel after he jumped overboard to rescue a companion. George Spencer.
Lists of fatal shark attacks include: List of fatal shark attacks in Australia. List of fatal shark attacks in Réunion. List of fatal shark attacks in South African territorial waters. List of fatal shark attacks in the United States.
Mario Anthony DeStefano (March 21, 1915 – August 12, 1975) was an American mobster and "made" member of the Chicago Outfit who was a leading loan shark in the organization. Born Mario Antonio DeStefano, he later anglicized his middle name. DeStefano grew up in Little Italy, Chicago, with his brothers, including future "mob associate" Sam "Mad ...
Occupation. special effects artist. Years active. 1946-1956. Russell Morrison Shearman (April 27, 1908 – May 5, 1956) was an Oscar -winning American special effects artist. He was electrocuted while repairing equipment used in filming The Sharkfighters in Cuba 1956, serving as head technician on the picture. [ 1]
Black December. Great white shark scavenging whale carcass. Black December refers to at least nine shark attacks on humans causing six deaths that occurred along the coast of Natal Province in the Union of South Africa, from December 18, 1957, to April 5, 1958. [1]
The 2016 yearly total of 81 shark attacks worldwide was on par with the most recent five-year (2011–2015) average of 82 incidents annually. [18] By contrast, the 98 shark attacks in 2015 was the highest yearly total on record. [18]
Rodney Fox. Rodney Winston Fox (born 9 November 1940) is an Australian film maker, conservationist, survivor of an attack by a great white shark, and one of the world's foremost authorities on that species. [1][2] He was inducted into the International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame in 2007. [3] He was born in Adelaide.
The Sea Chase is a 1955 World War II drama film starring John Wayne and Lana Turner, and featuring David Farrar, Lyle Bettger, and Tab Hunter. It was directed by John Farrow from a screenplay by James Warner Bellah and John Twist based on the novel of the same name by Andrew Geer. The plot is a nautical cat and mouse adventure, with Wayne ...