Ashes of Texas oceanographer who founded animal rehab center to be carried to sea on turtle's back

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Oceanographer’s ashes going to sea aboard rescued sea turtle

By WILL WEISSERT
Today

PORT ARANSAS, Texas (AP) — A rescued green sea turtle will be released this weekend back into the Gulf of Mexico, carrying the ashes of a self-taught Texas oceanographer who founded the rehabilitation center that nursed it back to health.

Thousands are expected to attend a ceremony Saturday that effectively allows Tory Amos, who devoted his life to helping the endangered reptiles, to do so once more in death. His final voyage comes on a stretch of beach named in his honor.
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Amos, 80, died of complications from prostate cancer on Sept. 4, mere days after Harvey roared ashore as a fearsome Category 4 hurricane. It caused extensive damage to the Animal Rehabilitation Keep for ailing sea turtles and aquatic birds that Amos opened nearly four decades ago.
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Known for a long, white beard that helped him play Santa Claus at Christmas, Amos retired in 2003 but continued working, collecting and analyzing debris on Texas beaches and painstakingly entering findings in databases. He also sailed on marine voyages throughout the world.

[democratisphere]

1. What an appropriate sendoff this is to honor Tory Amos for all of his kind work

with sea animals and birds for some forty years.
RIP Tory Amos.

[n2doc]

2. I knew Tony

He was a very interesting character and someone who loved animals. He is one of those people who left the world a better place.

And he was the best Santa, especially with his British accent!