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All life is part of a complex relationship in which each is dependent upon the others, taking from, giving to and living with all the rest.

Jacques Yves Cousteau

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Jacques Yves Cousteau
Age: 87 †
Born: 1910
Born: June 11
Died: 1997
Died: June 25
Biologist
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Film Director
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Marine Biologist
Oceanographer
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