04/10/2024
Norwich, GB 16 C
Researching and reporting on the lives of some really interesting people (RIP)

MARK WHEELER, aged 74

An American academic who lived in the UK, he became the expert on Yugoslavia, helping rebuild the country after its dissolution, working for the United Nations.

JAMES McDIVITT, aged 93

Fought in the Korean War and then became an astronaut going into space twice on Gemini 4 and Apollo 9. A pioneer who averted a space disaster.