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Apollo 14 moonwalker Edgar Mitchell dies at 85

February 7, 2016 William Harwood

Apollo astronaut Edgar Mitchell, the sixth man to walk on the moon, died Thursday night after a short illness, one day before the 45th anniversary of his landing in the hilly Fra Mauro region of the moon with crewmate Alan Shepard. He was 85.