Wally Schirra
Thursday March 12, 2009
March 12, 1923: Wally Schirra was born in Hackensack, New Jersey.
One of the original Mercury 7 astronauts, Schirra went on to fly in Mercury, Gemini and Apollo, America's first three space programs.
He died on May 3, 2007 of a heart attack due to malignant mesothelioma at Scripps Green Hospital in La Jolla, California.
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