French free diver Mayol commits suicide

ROME, Italy - French free diver Jacques Mayol (file photo) has committed suicide at his residence on the Italian island of Elba, Italian police said Dec. 23. He was 74. Mayol, a frequent visitor to Japan, was known as the ''human dolphin'' for his underwater exploits in the field of free diving, and reached a depth of 101 meters in the Mediterranean in 1976.

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