Scott Carpenter, Mercury Astronaut in ‘Right Stuff,’ Dies at 88
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Scott Carpenter, the second American to orbit the Earth and one of the seven Mercury astronauts immortalized in Tom Wolfe’s book, “The Right Stuff,” has died. He was 88.
He died yesterday in a Denver hospice, according to the Associated Press, citing his wife, Patty Barrett, who said his death was due to complications from a stroke in September. He lived in Vail, Colorado.