From the NY Times Obituary section, June 2026
“Charlie Dalin, a French sailor who capped one of the greatest careers in ocean racing by setting a world record for circling the globe alone, a feat made all the more impressive when he later revealed that he had been struggling with advanced gastrointestinal cancer during the race, died on Thursday in Quimper, in northwest France. He was 42.

Mr. Dalin placed first in the 2024-25 Vendée Globe, a 24,000-mile race known as the Everest of the Seas that takes solo sailors and their 60-foot yachts south from France in the Atlantic Ocean, around Antarctica and back. He completed the race in just 64 days, 19 hours, 23 minutes and 49 seconds — beating the previous record by nearly 10 days.

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During his record-breaking voyage he was b being treated for gastrointestinal stromal tumor. GISTs are the most common mesenchymal neoplasms of the GI tract, arising from interstitial cells of Cajal. Treatment includes surgical resection for localized disease and imatinib for advanced/metastatic cases. Prognosis depends on size, mitotic rate, and location.]

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