John Gavin, the Man Who Put Neil Armstrong On the Moon, Died Saturday
Aged 90 years old, John Gavin Jr passed away on Saturday from acute leukemia and pneumonia. He played an instrumental role in the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, leading the 7,500-strong team which created the Eagle lunar module. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WATcSu58uI4&feature=player_embedded] The cause was acute leukemia and pneumonia, his family said. When President John F. Kennedydeclared in 1961 … [Read more…]
