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 Neil Armstrong suiting up for Apollo 11, July 16, 1969. NASA. |
Neil Armstrong is to have a quiet funeral on Friday near his Cincinnati home, NASA confirmed yesterday.
Armstrong — who commanded the world’s attention in 1969 when he became the first human being to walk on the moon — died Saturday of complications following heart surgery. His family would not say where he died, though he had spent the last several decades in his native Ohio.
According to ABC There were tributes from around the world — from President Obama and Mitt Romney, from fellow astronauts and celebrities — but his family asked people to dispense with words.
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