Frank Mundus
Frank Mundus (October 21, 1925September 10, 2008) was a fisherman and charter captain based out of Montauk, New York who is said to be the inspiration for the character Quint in the movie and book "Jaws". Up until his death, he chartered out his boat "Cricket II" for those seeking the thrill of big game fishing.

He started out as a shark hunter but then later became a shark conservationist.

Mundus' early techniques, which included killing whales merely for chum and harpooning sharks (practices which are outlawed today), earned him criticism even at the time. In the last few years of his life Mundus had campaigned for shark fishermen to catch and release their prey, even going as far as to publish a conservation book titled "White Shark Sam Meets The Monster Man."

Mundus died on September 10, 2008, in Honolulu due to complications from a heart attack he suffered on September 6, the day he returned home to Hawaii after spending the summer in Montauk. According to his obituary he had spent the last night in Montauk aboard the "Cricket II" which had made him famous and had his heart attack in the Hawaii airport immediately after returning.
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