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Published August 25, 2012, 12:00 AM

Neil Armstrong


CINCINNATI (AP) — Neil Armstrong was a quiet self-described nerdy engineer who became a global hero when as a steely-nerved pilot he made "one giant leap for mankind" with a small step on to the moon. The modest man who had people on Earth entranced and awed from almost a quarter million miles away has died. He was 82.


Read the article: Neil Armstrong, first man to walk on moon, dies at 82