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		antsar on Jan 8, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The first corned beef sandwich in space (1965) > Young died on January 5, 2018, at his home in Houston of complications from pneumonia. He was 87. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Young_(astronaut)

interfixus on Jan 8, 2018 [–]

So strange. I doublechecked on Wikipedia before posting my comment, just to be sure. Nothing, "John Young is". Now, an hour later, it's there, "John Young was".

Apologise for the misinformation. Offline weekend, the news passed me by.

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