Stars & Stripes

Sports, second prize singles

1987

The Stars and Stripes on its way to victory in the America's Cup. Skipper Dennis Conner, who was narrowly beaten in 1983, left no room for doubt as to his seamanship: he scored four consecutive wins in the 'best of seven' races.

Commissioned by: Sports Illustrated

Photo Credit: William Bill Eppridge

William E. "Bill" Eppridge (March 20, 1938 − October 3, 2013) was an American photographer and photojournalist for Life magazine, known for his photography of the dying Robert F. Kennedy, taken in June 1968

Eppridge was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on March 20, 1938 and grew up in Richmond, Virginia, Nashville, Tennessee, and Wilmington, Delaware.

Eppridge died of pneumonia caused by a sepsis infection on October 3, 2013, aged 75, at the Danbury Hospital in Danbury, Connecticut.