John Glenn, a lifelong pilot and public figure who is best known as the first American astronaut to orbit the Earch, died Thursday at 95. The retired military airman and four-term U.S. senator was hospitalized in Columbus, Ohio about a week ago in declining health. Glenn, a native of Cambridge in eastern Ohio, is the state’s “ultimate hometown hero, and his passing today is an occasion for all of us to grieve,” Ohio Gov. John Kasich tweeted.
Source: avwebAstronaut, Fighter Pilot John Glenn Dead At 95