Thursday, December 8, 2016

Rest in peace John Glenn

John Glenn, American Hero of the Space Age, Dies at 95



John Glenn, a freckle-faced son of Ohio who was hailed as a national hero and a symbol of the space age as the first American to orbit Earth, then became a national political figure for 24 years in the Senate, died on Thursday in Columbus, Ohio. He was 95.
Ohio State University announced his death. Mr. Glenn had recently been hospitalized at the university at the James Cancer Center, though Ohio State officials said at the time that admission there did not necessarily mean he had cancer. He had heart-valve replacement surgery in 2014 and a stroke around that time.
He had kept an office at the John Glenn College of Public Affairs, which he helped found, and also had a home in Columbus.

More here:  http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/08/us/john-glenn-dies.html?partner=msft_msn&_r=0

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