Peter Thomas Stanley Dix (6 May 1953 – 21 December 1988) was an Irish Olympic sailor who competed in the 470 in 1976. Dix was born in Dublin and was an alumnus of

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and

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. His cousin was Olympic sailor

Robert Dix Robert Warren Brimmer (May 8, 1935 – August 6, 2018), known professionally as Robert Dix, was an American film actor. He appeared in 50 films between 1954 and 1974. Biographic data Dix was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of actor R ...

, with whom he competed. A member of the

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, he was killed when a terrorist bomb in the cargo hold of Pan Am Flight 103, where he was en route to

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as a management consultant, was detonated over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988.

Abdelbaset al-Megrahi Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi ( ar, عبد الباسط محمد علي المقرحي, ; 1 April 1952 – 20 May 2012) was a Libyan who was head of security for Libyan Arab Airlines, director of the Centre for Strategic Studies in Tripoli, Li ...

was convicted in 2001 of 270 counts of murder in connection with the bombing and was sentenced to life imprisonment.

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1953 births 1988 deaths Military personnel from Dublin (city) Olympic sailors for Ireland Irish male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1976 Summer Olympics – 470 Pan Am Flight 103 victims People educated at St Columba's College, Dublin Sportspeople from Dublin (city) 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards officers {{Ireland-yachtracing-bio-stub