I used to work with someone that had pictures of some his "catches" when he worked on Frank's boat as a "kid". It reminded me of some veterans of wars who had pictures of the dead they encountered in war -- pretty raw.

Frank was the model for the captain in Jaws. The following is from http://bumpshack.com/2008/09/15/frank-mundus-the-shark-killer-dead-at-82/

Frank Mundus, who inspired the classic film Jaws, has died, not from a Great White Shark, but from a heart attack according to his wife Jeanette.

The Monster Man’s own words sum up perfectly a life said to have inspired the movie “Jaws” and its roguish Captain Quint, played by the late Robert Shaw. Mundus died Wednesday of complications from a heart attack suffered Sept. 6, just after he returned to his Hawaii home from a fishing trip in Montauk. He was 82.

“He wanted to be remembered as a pioneer in his sport,” said Mundus’ wife of 20 years, Jeanette, 46. “He was an extrovert, a straight shooter. He never held back.”

Mundus and fishing partner Donnie Braddick caught a record setting 3,427 pound shark by rod and reel back in 1986. He put Montauk, New York on the map.

Read more: http://bumpshack.com/2008/09/15/frank-mundus-the-shark-killer-dead-at-82/#ixzz1h7jCCVg1