Ralph Weymouth

Ralph Weymouth (May 26, 1917 – January 22, 2020) was an American decorated Vice Admiral of the United States Navy and anti-nuclear campaigner.

Weymouth was born in Seattle to Ralph Wells Weymouth and his wife Lisbeth Cunningham Sewall. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1938, served two years on surface ships, began naval aviator training, and earned his wings in 1941. One of his classmates was Norman Kleiss.

He married Laure Bouchage, of Breton descent, granddaughter of Anatole Le Braz, in 1940, and they had eight children, including Tina Weymouth, former bassist for Talking Heads and currently with Tom Tom Club, and architect Yann Weymouth. At 94, he married his neighbor, Diana, who died in 2018, making him a widower twice over.

Weymouth died at age 102 in Rockport, Maine, on January 22, 2020.