Annie Glenn, widow of American icon John Glenn, dies at 100
Source: Columbus Dispatch
She lived her entire life with a man who became universally revered, but to millions across the globe, Annie Glenn was her own kind of hero.
The wife of John Glenn, the former astronaut and U.S. senator, died early Tuesday morning at a nursing home near family in St. Paul, Minnesota. She was 100.
Mr. Glenn died in 2016 at age 95 and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
Annie, as everyone knew her, lived in the shadow of fame, but emerged in mid-life to become an inspiration for people with disabilities around the world by overcoming the chronic stuttering that afflicted and limited her during the years her husband was becoming a household name.
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LakeArenal
(28,729 posts)FarPoint
(12,209 posts)Multiple Ohio TV news ..
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)Cross gently, Annie.
shenmue
(38,501 posts)turbinetree
(24,632 posts)on stuttering..................
https://www.stutteringhelp.org/content/annie-glenn-real-hero-and-inspiration
marybourg
(12,540 posts)Docreed2003
(16,817 posts)Aristus
(66,094 posts)Their love was synergistic; they made each other better.
Now they can be together again...
Botany
(70,291 posts)Good Ohio people.
Kid Berwyn
(14,651 posts)The best of the best of the best, in every way that is good.
Botany
(70,291 posts)FailureToCommunicate
(13,989 posts)Thanks Botany.
FailureToCommunicate
(13,989 posts)...but it helps"
mahatmakanejeeves
(56,895 posts)Last edited Tue May 19, 2020, 12:19 PM - Edit history (1)
{Edited to note that the article from ARLnow is from August 19, 2019.}
Mon Aug 19, 2019: Morning Poll: Should John Glenn's House Be Torn Down?
Morning Poll: Should John Glenns House Be Torn Down?
ARLnow.com August 19, 2019 at 9:35am
Astronaut John Glenn was the first American to orbit the earth. He was also an Arlington resident for about 5 years.
The group Preservation Arlington points out that Glenns former home, a mid-century rambler near Williamsburg Middle School, is now for sale with the listing hinting the value is in the land, it says that it will likely be a tear-down. The property is listed for $1,050,000.
During the lead-up to Glenns historic Friendship 7 mission, reporters camped outside the house on N. Harrison Street and Vice President Lyndon Johnson tried to visit, but was rebuffed by Mrs. Glenn. After, Glenn continued working in D.C., and at one point hosted at his home a cookout with special guest Gherman Titov, the Russian who was the first human to orbit the earth, according to an Arlington Public Library history.
Glenn moved with his family to Texas in 1963, but his presence in Arlington is still felt. In 2012, the homes owners told WUSA 9 that people still stopped by to gawk at the space heros former house. Glenn died in 2016 and was interred at Arlington National Cemetery.
Theres likely little that could be done to legally prevent the house from being torn down at this point, if thats what the eventual buyer wants to do. But if you could call the shots regardless, what would you do? Would you allow the owner of the property to do whatever they want with it, or prevent demolition on the basis of the house being historic?
{snip poll}
Photo via Washington Fine Properties
LastDemocratInSC
(3,625 posts)That was Gagarin. Titov was the second.
colorado_ufo
(5,717 posts)Laika, first dog in space.
FarPoint
(12,209 posts)She died from COVID 19.
Alliepoo
(2,196 posts)The local Cbus noon news channel 4 just reported that Annie Glenn died of complications from Covid...
Ohiogal
(31,660 posts)I agree that was a nice article, and I thought perhaps not everyone was aware of her struggle to overcome her disability, which led to her being a hero in her own right.
zeusdogmom
(978 posts)Rest in peace Annie.
no_hypocrisy
(45,774 posts)littlemissmartypants
(22,418 posts)bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)UpInArms
(51,252 posts)COLUMBUS, Ohio Annie Glenn, the widow of astronaut and U.S. Sen. John Glenn and a communication disorders advocate, died Tuesday at age 100.
Glenn died of COVID-19 complications at a nursing home near St. Paul, Minnesota, said Hank Wilson, a spokesman for the Glenn College of Public Affairs at The Ohio State University.
At the time of John Glenn's death in 2016, the two had been married 73 years. She had moved out of the apartment they shared in Columbus in recent years and gone to live with her daughter, Lyn, according to Wilson.
Annie Glenn was thrust into the spotlight in 1962, when her husband became the first American to orbit Earth. She shied away from the media attention because of a severe stutter.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1210371
Recursion
(56,582 posts)So sad to hear.
FM123
(10,050 posts)but how wonderful that during her life she was such a great inspiration and advocate for folks with disabilities. While her husband was widely recognized as a national treasure, she was in fact one too.