JACQUES COUSTEAU, 1910-1997 Explorer, visionary, guardian of the seas

From: The Boston Globe | Date: June 26, 1997| Author: Jack Thomas, Globe Staff | Copyright information
The gods may have been sending a poetic message for it was precisely at sunrise yesterday when word arrived from Paris that Jacques-Yves Cousteau had died, or as the French announced it, had gone to his Silent World.

Throughout the day, wire services around the globe struggled to convey what Jacques Cousteau had contributed in his 87 years, but sometimes the words seemed barely adequate, for the man we remember in sea-blue tunic and red watch cap was many things, not only pioneer, ecolo...

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