Captain of Exxon Valdez tanker behind infamous 1989 Alaskan crude oil spill dies of COVID and cancer Posted on September 10, 2022 By Charlielikes Joseph Hazelwood, the captain of the tanker Exxon Valdez, which ran aground on an Alaskan reef in March 1989 has died at age 75. news Tags:‘1989’, alaskan, and, behind, cancer, captain’, covid, crude, dies, exxon, infamous, news, of, oil, spill, tanker, topnews, trending, valdez