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Kenneth Eric Money MSC (January 4, 1935 – March 6, 2023) was a Canadian scientist specialising in the human ear and an Olympic high jumper. He worked at the Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine in Toronto.
From the 100 military personnel and 59 civilian candidates, NASA selected 19 to join the group for training as astronauts. [9] Mattingly, a lieutenant in the Navy, [9] was a student at the U.S. Air Force Aerospace Research Pilot School at Edwards AFB, California, when NASA selected him as an astronaut in April 1966. [2] [10]
Ken Money, 88, Canadian astronaut, scientist, and Olympic high jumper . [166] Seiko Obonai, 83, Japanese Olympic shot putter . [167] Irvo Otieno, 28, Kenyan-born American prisoner, asphyxiation. [168] Benigno Luigi Papa, 87, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Taranto (1990–2011) and bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi (1981–1990).
Apollo astronaut Thomas Kenneth Mattingly II, known for helping the crew of Apollo 13 safely return to Earth after an explosion doomed their lunar mission, has died at the age of 87, NASA announced.
[1] [2] Astronauts have also died while training for space missions, such as the Apollo 1 launch pad fire that killed an entire crew of three. There have also been some non-astronaut fatalities during spaceflight-related activities. As of 2024, there have been over 188 fatalities in incidents regarding spaceflight.
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Whitney Houston. The six-time Grammy winner died at age 48 in a hotel bathtub, deeply in debt. Despite making a $100 million deal with record label Arista in 2001, by the time of her death in 2012 ...
The following notable deaths in the United States occurred in 2024.Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order as set out in WP:NAMESORT.A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth and subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, year of birth (if known), and reference.