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John Glenn dies at 95 former astronaut and senator
Ohio native John Glenn died December 8 in Columbus after a stroke following heart valve surgery. A Mercury Seven member he became the first American to orbit Earth in 1962 and later served four terms in the U.S. Senate before returning to space as the oldest astronaut in history.
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