Spaceman turned senator John Glenn — the first American to orbit the Earth — died Thursday afternoon surrounded by his family at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus after a brief illness. The last survivor of the original Mercury 7 astronauts was 95.
John Glenn, astronaut and former senator, dead at 95
John Glenn, astronaut and former senator, dead at 95
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Starts the countdown to end this damn year.
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Greg Lake, too, of cancer at age 69 IIRC. Which makes 67% of ELP to go this year.
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