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Willie "Bill" Pinkney (August 15, 1925 – July 4, 2007) was an American performer and singer. Pinkney was often said to be the last surviving original member of The Drifters, who achieved international fame with numerous hit records. He was chiefly responsible for its early sounds.
1 de sept. de 2023 · Bill Pinkney, the first Black sailor to circumnavigate the globe alone by the arduous southern route — rounding the five great capes of the earth’s southernmost points of land, most notably the...
William Deltoris Pinkney III (September 15, 1935 – August 31, 2023) was an American sailor and executive. In 1992, he became the first African American to sail around the world solo via the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Horn .
9 min. Add to your saved stories. Bill Pinkney, who battled storms, dehydration, sleep deprivation and loneliness while sailing alone around the world, becoming the first Black sailor to do so...
5 de sept. de 2023 · ( JTA) — Captain Bill Pinkney, a Jewish sailor who became the first African American to sail around the world solo, died Thursday. He was 87 and had suffered a fall.
8 de sept. de 2023 · Bill Pinkney was a trailblazing Black sailor who completed a solo voyage around the world under the southern capes in 1990. He also worked as a makeup artist, a cosmetics director, a motivational speaker and a teacher of the Africa slave trade history.
1 de sept. de 2023 · Bill Pinkney, the first African American sailor to sail the world solo, died Thursday in Atlanta while filming an upcoming National Geographic documentary about the Atlantic slave trade. He was 87.
