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Francine Cousteau
Francine Triplet Cousteau is the current president of the After years of legal battles the restoration was begun and
non-profit organization Cousteau Society. Francine stopped after a year because the shipyard’s bill had not
Cousteau is the widow of the famous oceanographer been paid by the Cousteau Society headed by Francine.
Jacques-Yves Cousteau, who died in 1997. Francine is the Cousteau himself loathed the idea of turning the Calypso
mother of Jacques Cousteau’s third and fourth children into a museum and once stated: “I would rather sink her
(Diane and Pierre-Yves). Simone Cousteau the mother of than allow her to be turned into a museum...I don’t want
Jacques Cousteau’s first two children died in 1990 ap- this legendary ship to be prostituted by having people
parently unaware that Jacques-Yves Cousteau had had picnicking on the decks.” [3]
two children with Francine, an air hostess he had met Francine Cousteau is also attempting to raise money
on Concorde. Six months later, when Cousteau married to build a successor vessel, the Calypso II.
Francine, who was 40 years his junior, his son reacted an-
grily. Jean-Michel Cousteau’s hostility towards his step-
mother increased when she claimed to represent her late
References
husband’s memory.[1] [1] [1]
Francine Cousteau has since become involved in sev- [2] http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/
eral lengthy legal battles with Cousteau’s family in at- europe/article3257053.ece
tempts to prevent them from using the Cousteau family [3] http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/
name, and from being involved in any way with the europe/article3257053.ece
Cousteau Society, the non-profit organization she now • [2]
heads. Speaking about the legal issues Francine called it • [3]
“sad” but said she wished Jean-Michel would stop trying • [4]
to make unauthorised use of the family name, exclusive Persondata
control of which has been retained by Equipe Cousteau, Name Cousteau, Francine
her organisation.
“They [Jean-Michel and Alexandra] want to capitalise Alternative names
on the name,” she said. “If their name was not Cousteau, Short description
nobody would know who they are. I have to put a stop to Date of birth
it.” [2]
Place of birth
Alexandra Cousteau is the daughter of Philippe
Cousteau who died working with his father in 1979 in Date of death
a sea-plane crash and now heads The Philippe Cousteau Place of death
Foundation.
Currently, efforts to restore the Calypso to her former
beauty and use her as a museum have again faltered.
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