Richard Marcinko Died

How Did Richard Marcinko Die? What Was His Cause Of Death?

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The founder of the commando who killed Osama bin Laden has died at the age of 81 probably due to a heart attack.

Richard Marcinko, the Vietnam veteran founder of Team 6 of the Navy SEALs, the commando who killed Osama bin Laden, has died at the age of 81, possibly of a heart attack. Thanks to him, Team 6 has acquired fame in the collective imagination: his stories and tales, collected in various books, have fascinated the world and created a myth around the elite commando.

After the failure in 1980 of the mission to rescue 53 American hostages in Iran, the Navy asked Marcinko to create a SEAL unit capable of responding quickly to crises related to terrorism. The chosen name, Team 6, was an attempt at Cold War disinformation: there were in fact only two teams of the SEALs and Marcinko thought of calling it Team 6 hoping to confuse the Russians and push them to overestimate the American forces.

Disdainful of the rules, Marcinko created the image of an unconventional Team 6 in which drinking all together was an element of unity. For years, Team 6 has been entrusted with the most dangerous and difficult military operations: it is the only one of the departments trained to ‘chase’ nuclear weapons in case they end up in the hands of enemies. The role of Team 6 in the killing of Osama bin Laden raised the group’s fame even more, which has become the inspiration for books and films.

After retiring in 1989, Commander Marcinko began a career as a writer, motivator and military consultant. Born in 1940, Marcinko did not even finish high school preferring to join the Navy in 1958. In 1967 he was sent to Vietnam with Team 2 of the Navy Seal receiving many awards.

 

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