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Captain Bill Pinkney

Left: Bill Pinkney and his former wife, Chicago food celebrity Ina Pinkney. (Courtesy of Ina Pinkney). Right: Capt. Bill Pinkney speaking in New Haven, Connecticut. (©2021 Captain Bill Pinkney)
September 7, 2023, 1:02 pm
Jewish sailor Bill Pinkney, first African American to circle the globe solo, dies at 87
The Chicago sailor who converted to Judaism to honour his second wife, embarked on his 22-month, 27,000-mile journey aboard a 47-foot boat in 1990
By Andrew Silow-Carroll (JTA)
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