Major General William A. Anders (USAF – ret.), Apollo 8 astronaut.
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On Christmas Eve, during their 10 orbits of the moon, the three astronauts, whose movements were telecast to millions around the world, took photos of Earth as it rose over the lunar horizon, appearing as a blue marble amid the blackness of the heavens. But only Major Anders, who oversaw their spacecraft’s electronic and communications systems, shot color film.
His photo shook the world. Known as “Earthrise,” it was reproduced in a 1969 postage stamp bearing the words “In the beginning God …” It was an inspiration for the first Earth Day, in 1970, and appeared on the cover of Life magazine’s 2003 book “100 Photographs That Changed the World.”
Betty Anne Rees, actress. Other credits include “Lou Grant”, “The F.B.I.”, “Bearcats!”…
…and “Mannix”. (“With Intent to Kill”, season 4, epsiode 17. She was “Cora Hayden”.)
I note with much sorrow that gun writer and all around nice man Mike “Duke” Venturing has passed. Most shooters know the name, and many had some form of personal contact with him, as that is just how the man was.
I know that in my on!y correspondence with him that he was the most down to earth man one could know.
I wish his wife, Yvonne, peace and comfort at her huge loss.
The sun is not shining quite as brightly today, now that I have found out about The Duke. He leaves behind a huge and devoted following.
Pigpen:
Thank you for telling me this. I didn’t know until I read your comment, but I found the obit on the *Guns* site.
I’m traveling this morning but I’ll try to do an obit post when I get to my destination.