In 1974,
Félix Lévitan, co-director of the
Tour de France cycling race, and Mourousi suggested a finish on the
Champs-Élysées in Paris. Mourousi directly contacted French President
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing to obtain permission. During the 1980s, Mourousi was a member of the Association de la Presse du Music-Hall et du Cirque, a French press organization gathering journalists, critics, chroniclers, and personalities such as
Pierre Cardin,
Guy des Cars and
Jean-Pierre Thiollet, interested in
music-hall and
circus, presided over by journalist
Jacqueline Cartier. ==References==