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Melissa, what he did in his profession that he was fortunate to reach the age of 82. he just reached that the first week of august. and we all thought he was doing well from his heart operation. i don't know what the details are, but apparently there was something that happened there. all i know is that carol, his wife, called general tom stafford who commanded apollo 10. he also commanded the apollo handshake with the russians in space, called me and said carol had called her and said that neil was dead. >> and he had this heart surgery three weeks ago, is that right? >> that sounds about rig...

And he thought that if there was an emergency, then neil could handle that. he also had the same satisfaction with the experience and all of pete conrad, astronaut pete conrad who commanded apollo 12, the second landing. a lot of people thought they would abort the first landing, they would have a problem and pete would really be the first person on the moon. well, of course, neil set it down even with a computer problem that almost caused them to abort, but they worked through it. he was just the coolest person and the greatest person. and when it comes to talking about a quality person, ther...

this "american morning." good morning. >> zogood morning alina. >> it's early. >> it is early. >> not so early for you. >> always great to have you here. >> carol is off, christine is off. >> that's right. >> we've got you back, which is fantastic. >> we've got a really serious situation going on in texas. >> it's -- it seems to be getting worse although in some parts getting a little more control over it. these raging wildfires we're telling you about sweeping across the country right now. the governor rick perry is describing the disaster as, quote, a monstrous storm of smoke and...

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