Lord James Blears
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Blears in 1949
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| Birth name | James Ranicar Blears |
| Born | August 13, 1923 Tyldesley, England, UK |
| Died | March 3, 2016 (aged 92) Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Lenora Adelaina (her death) |
| Family | 4; including Jimmy Blears and Laura Lee Ching |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Jan Blears Lord James Blears |
| Billed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
| Trained by | YMCA |
Lord Blears (born James Ranicar Blears, August 13, 1923 – March 3, 2016) was a British-American professional wrestler, ring announcer, promoter, actor, mariner, and surfing personality.
Blears was born in Tyldesley, England in the United Kingdom on August 13, 1923. A successful swimmer in school, he was selected for the British swimming team for the 1940 Summer Olympics but was unable to compete due to World War II.
Blears enlisted in the Merchant Navy in 1940 during World War II, with his knowledge of Morse code leading to him being made a radio officer. Whilst serving as second wireless operator on board the SS Tjisalak, a Dutch merchant ship, his ship was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I-8 on March 26, 1944 during a voyage from Melbourne, Australia to Colombo, Ceylon. The survivors were taken prisoner by the Japanese and the majority were summarily executed by beheading. Blears managed to escape by leaping into the water and found his way into a lifeboat, where he and four other survivors began attempting to sail to Ceylon until the United States Navy liberty ship SS James O. Wilder retrieved them three days later. Blears was given a can of peaches by his rescuers and celebrated every year thereafter on March 29 by eating a can of peaches.
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