Globe-trotting anthropologist who drew comparisons to Indiana Jones dies at age 94
Schuyler Jones, a globe-trotting American anthropologist and adventurer whose exploits drew comparisons to iconic movie character Indiana Jones, has died. He was 94.
Jones' stepdaughter, Cassandra Da'Luz Vieira-Manion, posted on her Facebook page that Jones died on May 17. She said she had been taking care of him for the last six years and "truly thought he might live forever."
"He was a fascinating man who lived a lot of life around the world," she wrote.
Da'Luz Vieira-Manion didn't immediately respond to messages from The Associated Press on Saturday.
Jones grew up around Wichita, Kansas. His younger sister, Sharon Jones Laverentz, told the Wichita Eagle that her brother had visited every US state before he was in first grade thanks to their father's job supplying Army bases with boots.
He wrote in an autobiography posted on Edinburgh University...
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