Neil Armstrong dead at age 82 - report

Neil Armstrong dead at age 82 - report

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NEIL Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, has died at the age of 82, NBC News has reported.

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Very sad news. He had just gone through a heart operation so I wonder if it is related to that. He perhaps was the most famous man in the world after setting down as the first man on the moon. It was a fantastic achievement then and continues to be the furthest humanity has traveled in person in our Solar System.

Great man.

More to follow.

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Is this true? I can't confirm it. Only this source is saying it. No other source, not even American sources are saying this. Too much Lance Armstrong stuff is popping up

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I remember being sick at home (had the measles) and buildng models and watching it on the news, 1969.

RIP, Rocketman. RIP.

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Radio is reporting it in the UK. That is where I first heard it.

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Sad to hear this, he was one of my childhood heroes

RIP Neil you will be missed.

Wow,

Thought and prayers for the family.

Rest in peace.

Twitter is trending right now. News Wires are slow today. Everybody's off its saturday. RIP Neil. But then again still could be a rumor, however, its plausible cause he just had heart surgery...

He was like the " first man " again, just for space...
He surely is one of the most famous people in history.
He will now step into another place nobody alive right now has gone before...The afterlife.

More from NBC. Not much more information on how he died, just confirmation and a short obituary. Great contributor to humanity.

Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, died Saturday, weeks after heart surgery and days after his 82nd birthday.

Armstrong commanded the Apollo 11 spacecraft that landed on the moon on July 20, 1969, and he radioed back to Earth the historic news of "one giant leap for mankind." He spent nearly three hours walking on the moon with fellow astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin. Armstrong and hiw wife, Carol, married in 1999, made their home in the Cincinnati suburb of Indian Hill, but he had largely stayed out of public view in recent years.

He spoke at Ohio State University during a February event honoring fellow astronaut John Glenn and the 50th anniversary of Glenn becoming the first American to orbit the Earth. In May, Armstrong joined Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon, at Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida to support the opening of The National Flight Academy, which aims to teach math and science to kids through an aviation-oriented camp.

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Yeah Rueters and ABC just posted it too.

Armstrong Dead

RIP Neil Armstrong.

May your legacy live on forever.

Rest in peace! You made a huge step in human history!

Not to get off topic, but ATS had it before reuters.

R.I.P Mr. Armstrong
His footprints will live on!

Can't help but wondering how many secrets went to that grave..... RIP .

Rest in piece Neil Armstrong.

May your voyage of discovery continue anew.

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Oh, my god, my littler brother was also sick at home with mums no measles like you, we were all trying to get sick from him so we could stay at home too and watch the moon landing.

Right now I''l bet he's thinking "WOW!!!! the moon doesn't have # on this place"

Sad day for our country.