Ellise Shafer editorChuck Yeager, the first person to break the sound barrier and a subject of the book and film “The Right Stuff,” has died.
He was 97.Yeager’s wife, Victoria Yeager, announced his death on Twitter Monday night. “It is with profound sorrow, I must tell you that my life love General Chuck Yeager passed just before 9 p.m.
ET,” she wrote. “An incredible life well lived, America’s greatest pilot and a legacy of strength, adventure and patriotism will be remembered forever.”Fr @VictoriaYeage11 It is w/ profound sorrow, I must tell you that my life love General Chuck Yeager passed just before 9pm ET.
An incredible life well lived, America’s greatest Pilot, & a legacy of strength, adventure, & patriotism will be remembered.
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