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1. • • It is with great sadness that we learn of the death of Colonel John Herschel Glenn, Jr., U.S. Marine Corps, Retired. A true American hero, Colonel Glenn fought in both World War II and Korea, was the first American to orbit the earth, and served as a United States Senator from Ohio for 24 years. Colonel Glenn passed away on December 8, 2016.
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     DEATH OF JOHN H. GLENN, JR., RETIRED MARINE AND U.S. SENATOR

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   Who was John Herschel Glenn?

   • John Herschel Glenn, Jr.—an astronaut, fighter pilot, and U.S. senator who is best known for being the first American to orbit the planet—died on Thursday at age 95. Glenn was also the oldest person to fly in space and “the last true national hero America has ever had,” author Tom Wolfe wrote in 1979’s The Right Stuff.

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   How did John Herschel Glenn die?

   • Glenn died at the James Cancer Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, where he was hospitalized for more than a week, said Hank Wilson, communications director for the John Glenn School of Public Affairs. John Herschel Glenn Jr. had two major career paths that often intersected: flying and politics, and he soared in both.

   John Glenn, the 1st American to orbit Earth, dies at age 95

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   Who is John Glenn?

   • See more on: John Glenn, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Politics, U.S. Senate Mr. Glenn was a symbol of the space age as the first American to orbit Earth, then became a national political figure representing Ohio in the Senate.

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   Did John Glenn die?

   • "John Glenn, First American to Orbit the Earth, Dies". ABC News. Archived from the original on December 8, 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2016. ^ Neale, Rick (December 9, 2016). "John Glenn honored during Kennedy Space Center ceremony". Florida Today. Retrieved September 6, 2018. ^ Mizoguchi, Karen (December 9, 2016).

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   Was John Glenn the first American to orbit the Earth?

   • After two suborbital flights by Alan Shepard Jr. and Gus Grissom, it was up to Glenn to be the first American to orbit the Earth. “Godspeed, John Glenn,” fellow astronaut Scott Carpenter radioed just before Glenn thundered off a Cape Canaveral launch pad, now a National Historic Landmark, to a place America had never been.

   John Glenn, the 1st American to orbit Earth, dies at age 95

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   Did John Glenn get heart surgery?

   • "John Glenn—astronaut, ex-senator—gets successful heart surgery". CNN. Archived from the original on March 5, 2017. Retrieved March 27, 2017. ^ Strickland, Ashley (December 7, 2016). "Former Senator, astronaut John Glenn hospitalized". CNN. Archived from the original on March 5, 2017. Retrieved March 27, 2017. ^ Koff, Stephen (December 7, 2016).

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3. www.bbc.com › news › world-us-canada-13561650Obituary: John Glenn - BBC News

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   Dec 8, 2016 · John Herschel Glenn Jr was born in Cambridge, Ohio, in July 1921, the only son of a master plumber and a schoolteacher. He went to the local high school, which now bears his name, and...

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   Dec 8, 2016 · John Herschel Glenn, Jr.—an astronaut, fighter pilot, and U.S. senator who is best known for being the first American to orbit the planet—died on Thursday at age 95. Glenn was also the oldest...

5. www.nytimes.com › 2016/12/08 › usJohn Glenn, American Hero of the Space Age, Dies at 95

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   Dec 8, 2016 · 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...

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   John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was an American Marine Corps aviator, astronaut, businessman, and politician. He was the third American in space and the first American to orbit the Earth, circling it three times in 1962. [3]

7. apnews.com › general-news-9fefeeaf2cbf46ddbd03d9John Glenn, the 1st American to orbit Earth, dies at age 95

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   Dec 9, 2016 · WASHINGTON (AP) — John Glenn, whose 1962 flight as the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the Earth made him an all-American hero and propelled him to a long career in the U.S. Senate, died Thursday. The last survivor of the original Mercury 7 astronauts was 95.

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   Jun 10, 2024 · Former astronaut and U.S. Senator John Glenn died Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus. Astronaut John Glenn relaxes aboard the USS Noa after being recovered from the Atlantic near Grand Turk Island after his historic Mercury flight.

9. www.latimes.com › local › obituariesJohn Glenn dies at 95; hero was first American to orbit Earth

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   Dec 8, 2016 · When his bell-shaped capsule splashed into the ocean after orbiting Earth again and again, John Glenn emerged an instant hero — the fighter-jock pilot of few words who in just five hours of...