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Alan Shepard
Deceased

How Did Alan Shepard Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 74
GenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn18/11/1923Died21/07/1998 (aged 74)Died inPebble BeachCauseleukemiaWikidataQ174979 ↗Buried atForest Hill CemeteryTMDb#1114952 ↗

Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. was an American astronaut. In 1961, he became the second human and the first American to travel into space and, in 1971, he became the fifth and oldest person to walk on the Moon, at age 47.

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Filmography6 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2020History 101SeriesSelf (archive footage)97
2020The Real Right StuffMovieSelf (archive footage)97
2016Space MenMovieSelf (archive footage)93
2005Conquering Space: The Moon and BeyondMovieSelf - NASA Astronaut (archive footage)82
1988American ExperienceSeriesSelf (archive footage)65
1961Freedom 7MovieSelf38