Deke Slayton

Astronaut (1924-1993).

Born March 1st, 1924 in Sparta.

Died June 13th, 1993 at 69 years old in League City (brain cancer).

Occupations
aerospace engineer, air force officer, astronaut, autobiographer, test pilot
Wikipedia

No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they’d die for. Martin Luther King Jr.