“John Glenn, whose 1962 flight as the first US astronaut to orbit the Earth made him an all-American hero, has died.
“The last survivor of the original Mercury 7 astronauts was 95.
“Mr Glenn died at the James Cancer Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, where he was hospitalised for more than a week, said Hank Wilson, communications director for the John Glenn School of Public Affairs.
“John Herschel Glenn Jr had two major career paths that often intersected: flying and politics, and he soared in both of them.
“Before he gained fame orbiting the world, he was a fighter pilot in two wars, and as a test pilot, he set a transcontinental speed record.”
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