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Lucie, Lulu – All About Sailboats
Briggs Cunningham married Lucie Bedford in 1928, and when Briggs commissioned Clinton Crane to design a Six Metre a couple years later, Briggs named … [Read More...]
LUCIE’S NAMESAKE
Lucie Bedford Cunningham Warren -- the first wife of Lucie's original owner Briggs Cunningham, for whom he named his six-metre boat -- died July 16 at age 104. She was the granddaughter of Edward T. Bedford, a co-founder and director of the Stanford Oil Company. Her father, Frederick T. Bedford, was also a successful businessman. The Bedford family had a long history of philanthropy in Westport, Connecticut, having donated real estate and development funds to build the YMCA, fire stations, elementary and middle schools, athletic fields and parks, and the former state police barracks.