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Thread #146612   Message #3395178
Posted By: Rapparee
25-Aug-12 - 09:26 PM
Thread Name: Obit: Neil Armstrong, Astronaut (1930-2012)
Subject: Obit: Neil Armstrong, First Man On The Moon
CINCINNATI (AP) - Neil Armstrong was a soft-spoken engineer who became a global hero when as a steely-nerved pilot he made "one giant leap for mankind" with a small step onto the moon. The modest man, who had people on Earth entranced and awed from almost a quarter-million miles away, but credited others for the feat, died Saturday. He was 82. Armstrong died following complications resulting from cardiovascular procedures, his family said in a statement. Armstrong had had a bypass operation this month, according to NASA. His family didn't say where he died; he had lived in suburban Cincinnati.