Must Have Been An Interesting Life.

RENO, Nevada (AP) — John Fairfax, the first known person to row alone across the Atlantic Ocean, has died at his Las Vegas-area home. He was 74.

The self-described "professional adventurer" died Feb. 8 of an apparent heart attack in Henderson, his wife, Tiffany, said Sunday.

Fairfax gained international attention in 1969 when he became the first person in recorded history to cross the Atlantic alone by rowboat. He dealt with sharks, storms and exhaustion on the six-month, 5,000-mile (8,046-kilometer) journey from the Canary Islands to Florida.

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