Bristol sailor and entrepreneur Tony Bullimore dies aged 79<\/p>\n
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Tony Bullimore was also a renowned philanthropist<\/p>\n
Sailor and entrepreneur Tony Bullimore has died at the age of 79.<\/p>\n
He became a global star in 1997 after surviving four days in the upturned hull of his boat which capsized during a solo round-the-world race.<\/p>\n
Mr Bullimore moved to Bristol in the early 1960s and married Lalel, a West Indian immigrant with whom he opened the Bamboo Club, which hosted Bob Marley.<\/p>\n
He had been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer.<\/p>\n
Mr Bullimore earned the nickname the British Bulldog after his dramatic rescue during the Vend\u00e9e Globe.<\/p>\n
He was feared to have drowned, until his vessel was spotted by an Australian navy ship and rescuers made for the scene.<\/p>\n
The sailor famously crouched in the upturned hull of his yacht, surviving on chocolate and water.<\/p>\n
Bristol’s Lord Mayor Cleo Lake paid tribute to Mr Bullimore, who she called “a Bristol legend both on the waters and on the music scene”.<\/p>\n
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The Bamboo Club, which opened in 1966, attracted many of the big names in reggae and offered a place for people of all backgrounds to socialise safely.<\/p>\n
Roy Hackett, who was instrumental in the 1963 Bristol bus boycott, said that before the club opened: “You couldn’t go into pubs in Bristol on your own if you were black. You’d get a hiding.”<\/p>\n
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Tony Bullimore and his wife Lalel<\/p>\n
Mr and Mrs Bullimore also experienced racism as a mixed race couple.<\/p>\n
Mr Bullimore was also a renowned philanthropist and in a 2016 documentary made by BBC Radio Bristol, one friend described him as “generous and humble, who helped thousands of black people”.<\/p>\n
In 2000 he starred in a BBC documentary with the comedian Sir Lenny Henry as they crossed the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n
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