Billy Tyne
publication date: Thursday, September 2, 2021 (part of Fall 2021)
category: 
Disasters
clue: Thirty years ago, this George Clooney lookalike took his boat to go fishing off the Boston coast and didn't come back.
explanation: Tyne was the captain of Andrea Gail, a fishing vessel lost in the "Perfect Storm" of 1991, inspiring Sebastian Junger's book The Perfect Storm. Clooney played Tyne in the film adaptation. more…
intended difficulty: medium
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Matthew Preston, Denise Sawicki, Erik Bates, and Aaron Shurtleff
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