The sad news of his death came some months after a series of health setbacks. February of this year, he suffered a stroke. A blood vessel in his brain ruptured, and he had to learn to walk and talk again. During the operation, a tumor was also discovered in his brain, later diagnosed as glioblastoma.
Kārlis Bardelis found fame when he became the first person to cross the Pacific Ocean alone in a rowboat without a motor, sails, or escort ship, though that was far from his only adve...