Necrology
Year: 1998
Alan Shepard
Born: November 18th, 1923
Died: July 21st, 1998
Famous For: Astronaut, First American in Space, 5th Man to Walk on the Moon
Cause of Death: Leukemia
Burial Place: Cremated; ashes scattered from a helicopter over Stillwater Cove in Pebble Beach, California
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