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Rob Stewart (December 28, 1979 – January 31, 2017) was a Canadian photographer, filmmaker and conservationist. He was best known for making and directing the documentary films Sharkwater and Revolution. He drowned at the age of 37 while scuba diving in Florida, filming Sharkwater Extinction.
Aug 15, 2017 · Rob Stewart, the Canadian filmmaker who became famous for his documentary “Sharkwater,” died while filming “Sharkwater Extinction” at the Queen of Nassau wreck off the coast of Islamorada. Stewart, 37, was diving to 229 feet (70 m) on his third dive of the day.
At 37, Stewart was in the prime of his life as an activist and filmmaker, and he died in what seemed a senseless diving accident. Media reports suggested that diving neophyte Stewart was...
Nov 12, 2021 · Rob Stewart, the Canadian conservationist and filmmaker renowned worldwide for his documentary Sharkwater, about the illegal shark finning trade, died through drowning as a result of hypoxia (a lack of oxygen), according to autopsy results. Stewart, 37, died while filming the sequel to his pioneering film in January 2017, after diving on the ...
Nov 20, 2020 · Many will recall that Stewart died tragically in an accident in January 2017 while completing the third dive of the day below 195 feet (60 m). He and his partner, Peter Sotis, both surfaced. But as Sotis climbed on the boat and passed out, Stewart was still in the water and vanished from the surface. Searchers recovered his body several days later.
Ultimately, they say, definitive information won’t come until the coast guard releases its long-anticipated report on Stewart’s death. It’s possible that may not happen until 2019; the ...
Feb 3, 2017 · In death as in life, Rob Stewart was an interpreter of the ocean’s beautiful secrets. Adam Skolnick is a tech, scuba and free diver, and the author of One Breath: Freediving, Death and the Quest ...
