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Death. Bunker died of a morphine overdose on January 7, 1977, at the age of 27. [3] He was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. [4] References. ^ a b c Brewer, Art; Stecyk III, C.R. (2007). Bunker Spreckels Surfing's Divine Prince of Decadence. ^ a b George, Lynell (23 December 2007). "A Surfing God Rides Again". LA Times.
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California
He was heir to the Spreckels sugar fortune and inherited $50 million at the age of 21. He then abandoned surfing for a life of drugs and excess. He died in 1977 at the age of 27 of a heart attack brought on by a drug overdose.
Sep 28, 2016 · Dead At 27, Bunker Spreckels: A Surfing Rock Star. A doco you want to see, Bunker77. The 27 club: Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Brian Jones, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain, all dead at 27. If surfing ever had a rockstar, it was Bunker Speckles, and like the others, he bid adieu at 27.
Dec 29, 2016 · By Derek Rielly. 7 years ago. Matt Warshaw dissects the man behind the legend of Bunker Spreckels. Bunker77 is a documentary, or shrine, built to celebrate the surfer Bunker Spreckels, who died aged 27 after walloping a fifty-mill inheritance in six years.
May 24, 2018 · Bunker Spreckels (born 1949, died 1977) was an American surfer born Adolph B Spreckels III in 1949, the great-grandson of German-born sugar baron Claus Spreckels.[1] He was heir to the Spreckels sugar fortune, the stepson of Clark Gable[2] and an early pioneer of surfboard design which some people believe eventually led to the creation of the ...
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- January 7, 1977
- August 15, 1949
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Nov 11, 2016 · Bunker Spreckels was a wild, colorful man. The scion of the Spreckels Sugar Co. and the stepson of Clark Gable, he was a surfer, a hunter and a jet-setting playboy, who inherited millions at age 21.
Nov 16, 2016 · Tomorrow, the festival comes to an end, but before it closes, the festival will screen Takuji Masuda’s new film “Bunker77,” the true story of Bunker Spreckels, Clark Gable’s stepson and ...