Axel Frederik Bang died on May 15 at home in Woods Hole following a long struggle with Parkinson’s disease. He was 76.

Born in Princeton, New Jersey, to Frederik and Betsy Bang, he graduated at age 16 from Baltimore Public Schools and spent summers in Woods Hole, where he learned to love the water via swimming, fishing and sailing.

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