Astronaut Donn Eisele Dies
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. —
Donn Fulton Eisele, an astronaut aboard the first shakedown flight of an Apollo moonship that orbited Earth for 11 days in 1968 and who went on to serve as director of the Peace Corps in Thailand, died in Tokyo Tuesday night. He was 57.
His death was confirmed by Jim Gertz of Prudential-Bache Securities in Fort Lauderdale, where Eisele had worked for about a year. Gertz said he was informed by Eisele’s wife this morning. He did not disclose the circumstances of the death.
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