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It is a quiet and peaceful place - and a fitting place for the remains of this greatest of sea tragedies to rest.
Robert Ballard
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Robert Ballard
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: June 30
Academic
Film Director
Geologist
Naval Officer
Non-Fiction Writer
Oceanographer
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Wichita
Kansas
Robert Duane Ballard
Robert D. Ballard
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Forever may it remain that way. And may God bless these now-found souls.
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