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Thor Heyerdahl, April 18

Thor Heyerdahl holds a shark fished from the ocean in 1947 aboard the Kon Tiki. Heyerdahl, the Norwegian adventurer who crossed the Pacific on a balsa log raft and detailed his voyage in the book ``Kon-Tiki,'' died April 18. He was 87.

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Thor Heyerdahl holds a shark fished from the ocean in 1947 aboard the Kon Tiki. Heyerdahl, the Norwegian adventurer who crossed the Pacific on a balsa log raft and detailed his voyage in the book ``Kon-Tiki,'' died April 18. He was 87.

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