Jeremy Clarkson, 60, has admitted he has struggled to feel “sad” following the death of his “hero” Chuck Yeager, as he insisted “you should never meet your heroes”.The former Top Gear host reflected on his encounter with The Right Stuff star and record-setting test pilot after he died last week aged 97.Jeremy divulged: “They say you should never meet your heroes, and they’re right, because I once met mine.
His name was Chuck Yeager. “He died last week and I should have been sad because I’d been brought up on stories of how this natural-born, stick-and-rudder, speak-as-I-find redneck won the war single-handedly, with no help at all from the RAF or Polish airmen.“He was shot down over France and evaded the Nazis to make his escape, then, two.
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