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- Birth nameEdward Higgins White II
- Edward H. White II was born on November 14, 1930 in San Antonio, Texas, USA. He was married to Patricia Eileen Finegan. He died on January 27, 1967 in Cape Kennedy, Florida, USA.
- SpousePatricia Eileen Finegan(February 1953 - January 27, 1967) (his death, 2 children)
- One of the second group of astronauts dubbed "the New Nine" selected in 1962 for the Gemini program, he piloted the Gemini 4 mission on 3 June 1965 and became the first American to walk in space.
- He was killed on 27 January 1967, along with astronauts Gus Grissom and Roger B. Chaffee, when a fire swept through the capsule of the Apollo I spacecraft during a rocket test at Cape Kennedy, Florida.
- I felt red, white and blue all over. [on his walk in space, quoted in Life magazine, 25 January 1965]
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