Former astronaut, US Sen. John Glenn is hospitalized in Ohio 

 

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio State official says former astronaut and U.S. Sen. John Glennhas been hospitalized for more than a week.

 

Hank Wilson with Ohio State University's John Glenn College of Public Affairs said Wednesday that the 95-year-old Glenn is at the James Cancer Hospital, but that doesn't necessarily mean he has cancer.

 

Wilson said he didn't have other information about Glenn's condition, illness or prognosis.

 

Glenn apologized for his poor eyesight this year at the renaming of Columbus' airport after him. He said then he'd lost some of his eyesight because of macular degeneration and a small stroke. Glenn had a heart valve replacement in 2014.

 

Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962. He served as a U.S. senator from Ohio from 1974 to 1999.

 

-- © Associated Press 2016-12-08

wow....95 already.  hope he recovers and makes it to at least 100....a great man.

Yes, all the best. Buzz Aldrin threw a wobbly the other day, too, didn't he.

I heard a rumour that he just needed a little space . . . .

John Glenn, true space hero. 

8 hours ago, Pib said:

wow....95 already.  hope he recovers and makes it to at least 100....a great man.

Yes a great American hero. To bad he is 95 he would have made a great president. A genuine hero in all respects. He has been to the moon and I think that gives him a better understanding of things. He has a better perspective I feel than us earth bound folk. As far as the Donald goes well you know Alice Kramden's favorite saying. quote 

Bang Zoom ...You're Going to the Moon!

Godspeed, John Glenn - you were a true out-of-this-world hero !!!

 

 

Rest in peace.

Just read that John Glenn has died,  well at 95 he lived a full and exciting life.

He was a space hero, and a fine man as well. RIP

Geezer

A hero, an icon, and a legend. He had the right stuff.
RIP

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A good CNN article with past pictures of John Glenn.  RIP American Hero.

 

http://us.cnn.com/2016/12/08/health/john-glenn-dead/index.html

 

A man with the right stuff. RIP.