Yes, a truly despicable pirate with a rum named after him. He died of cirrhosis, all bloated and jaundiced. It is interesting how fate works, however. For instance, bringing up that explosion you mention, only five or so out of two hundred survived...one of them being Captain Morgan. It's as if he was meant to go on. Despite his evils, he secured a foothold for the English in the Caribbean, which theoretically allowed for the eventual founding of the United States. As stretch, but you never know-
