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Re:The first corned beef sandwich in space (1965) by jacquesm on Monday January 08, 2018 @02:20PM (#16099282)
He retired from everything relatively recently.
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Re:The first corned beef sandwich in space (1965) by interfixus on Monday January 08, 2018 @02:32PM (#16099475)
If you mean the final retirement, then no, he's alive and probably kicking. You may be thinking of Gene Cernan.

Young's Apollo 16 crew is the only moon-landing team still intact. Apollo 8 is also still fully manned. They were the first, and took the iconic pictures, but they didn't land.

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Re:The first corned beef sandwich in space (1965) by antsar on Monday January 08, 2018 @02:36PM (#16099515)
> 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)

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Re:The first corned beef sandwich in space (1965) by interfixus on Monday January 08, 2018 @03:29PM (#16100153)
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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Re:The first corned beef sandwich in space (1965) by Sir_Cmpwn on Monday January 08, 2018 @02:34PM (#16099503)
John Young died 3 days ago.
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Re:The first corned beef sandwich in space (1965) by interfixus on Monday January 08, 2018 @03:30PM (#16100166)
Yes, sorry, I see that now.
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Re:The first corned beef sandwich in space (1965) by jacquesm on Monday January 08, 2018 @05:25PM (#16101343)
HN Thread about it:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16087154

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