Power-Cruising Pioneer Bruce Kessler Dies at 88

Previous Careers Included Auto Racing, Director of 'Monkees,' 'Flying Nun'

Bruce Kessler and his wife Joan, herself a Hollywood leading lady under the name Joan Freeman.

Bruce Kessler, a lifelong adventurer who left his mark as a winning professional automobile racer, a veteran Hollywood director, and one of the first Americans to circumnavigate the globe as captain of a motoryacht, died April 4. He marked his 88th birthday on …