Astronaut and senator John Glenn passed away December 8, 2016, in Columbus, Ohio. He was 95. A cause of death was not announced. From the Columbus Dispatch:
His legend is otherworldly and now, at age 95, so is John Glenn.
An authentic hero and genuine American icon, Glenn died this afternoon surrounded by family at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus after a remarkably healthy life spent almost from the cradle with Annie, his beloved wife of 73 years, who survives.
[...] As a Marine Corps pilot, he broke the transcontinental flight speed record before being the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962 and, 36 years later at age 77 in 1998, becoming the oldest man in space as a member of the seven-astronaut crew of the shuttle Discovery.
Other coverage from the Guardian, the New York Times, and NPR.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 09 2016, @04:41AM
Cause of death was complications from a stroke.
(Score: 3, Funny) by damnbunni on Friday December 09 2016, @09:45AM
Cause of death was 'old'.
Really, no more detail than that is needed.
(Score: 2) by Bot on Friday December 09 2016, @02:11PM
Cause of death was Life.
Just teaching y'all to be SCIENTIFIC.
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(Score: 2) by dak664 on Friday December 09 2016, @04:20PM
Correlation is not causation!
(Score: 2) by Bot on Friday December 09 2016, @06:19PM
I have an experiment in mind which would prove causation, do you volunteer for having your head chopped off?
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(Score: 2) by bob_super on Friday December 09 2016, @06:21PM
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