Actor William Shatner today went where no 90-year-old ever went before, and he lived to tell the tale.
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Actor William Shatner was overcome with emotion after his "unbelievable" 10-minute trip to space on Blue Origin's New Shepard.
"Everybody in the world needs to do this," Shatner told Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos after he touched down in Texas Wednesday.
"To see the blue color rip by -- now you're staring into blackness," Shatner said, who, at the age of 90, is now the oldest person ever to go to space. "It was so moving. This experience has been something unbelievable."
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Webcast of the flight, the important stuff is about 2 hours and 20 minutes into the video, is at this link.
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Obituary: Animator Ruthie Thompson, one of the oldest people in the United States and who had worked for Disney studios years ago, died. I believe she is one of only two supercentenarians who worked in show business or film in their younger days. The other one, Frederica Sagor Maas, was a screenwriter and playwright. She, too, lived to 111 before she passed away in 2012.
Tompson worked for Disney for 40 years, from 1935 to 1975. She passed away in her sleep.
A list of centenarians, living and deceased, from show business can be found on Wikipedia.
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