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Chuck Yeager
Dead
Born: 2/13/1923 in Myra, West Virginia, USADied: 12/7/2020
Age: 97
Full name: Charles Elwood Yeager
Noted For: U.S. Air Force pilot; first person to fly faster than the speed of sound (1947). Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1985).
Also see this person's photo entry in our Dead or Alive Data Base.
