John Paul Papanicolaou (23 March 1949 – 14 February 2010) was a

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shipbuilder and businessman leading in the industry during his era. He was passionate in purchasing and overhauling historically monumental vessels. As a friend of the

Onassis family Aristotle Socrates Onassis (, ; , ; 20 January 1906 – 15 March 1975) was a Greek and Argentine business magnate. He amassed the world's largest privately-owned shipping fleet and was one of the world's richest and most famous men. He was marri ...

, he is best known for his purchase and grand restoration of the Onassis yacht, ''

Christina O ''Christina O'' is a private motor yacht that once belonged to billionaire Greek shipowner Aristotle Onassis. At 99.13 metres long, she was the 59th largest yacht in the world . History The ship originally served as a Canadian anti-submarine ...

'' in 1998, adding the ''”O”'' (Ω) to the ship's name. He also purchased and renewed the former

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n presidential yacht '' Galeb'', which was the third largest yacht in the world and voyaged by

Josip Broz Tito Josip Broz ( sh-Cyrl, Јосип Броз, ; 7 May 1892 – 4 May 1980), commonly known as Tito ( ; , ), was a Yugoslavia, Yugoslav communist revolutionary and politician who served in various positions of national leadership from 1943 unti ...

himself at one time. John-Paul Papanicolaou passed away in

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, Greece on February 14, 2010, after two years of fighting a terminal illness.

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