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Walsh's dive partner, Jacques Piccard, passed away in 2008.

Deep sea submarine pioneer dies

His father was Auguste Piccard a physicist, aeronaut, balloonist and inventor.

Yes, Piccard inspired Gene Roddenberry's Captain Picard as well as cartoonist Herge's character Professor Calculus from the TInTin comic.

Auguste Piccard.

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“Yes, Piccard inspired Gene Roddenberry’s Captain Picard...”

My brother’s response to Capt Picard/Star Trek, “C’mon, it’s waaay in the future and they still don’t have a cure for baldness?!”