Claudene Christian, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Claudene Christian

American businessman

Date of Birth: 18-Oct-1970

Place of Birth: Anchorage, Alaska, United States

Date of Death: 29-Oct-2012

Profession: cheerleader

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Claudene Christian (October 18, 1970 – October 29, 2012) was an entrepreneur, sailor, gymnast, singer and beauty queen.In August 2012 Christian was interviewed by the Halifax Chronicle Herald, after she joined the volunteer crew of a replica of the original HMS Bounty, built by MGM for a film about the mutiny.
Christian was a descendant of Fletcher Christian of the original HMS Bounty.The vessel sailed into Hurricane Sandy and sank on October 29, 2012. Fourteen members of the ship's complement were able to board a life raft and were saved. The Virginian-Pilot quoted United States Coast Guard Captain Joe Kelly, who described how Christian and the ship's captain Robin Walbridge were about to join the rest of the ship's complement in the life raft, when the Bounty rolled, plunging them into the ocean. However, according to later accounts from the survivors, they were all thrown into the water, and had desperately swum for one of the life rafts.Search and rescue crews from Coast Guard helicopters rescued the crew members from the life raft.
When Christian was found, ten hours later, she was "unresponsive".
Resuscitation was attempted, but she was pronounced dead in a shore-based hospital in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. Patrik Jonsson, writing in The Christian Science Monitor, called her death "an almost inexplicable twist on that family legacy."