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Ohiogal

(31,660 posts)
Tue May 19, 2020, 10:30 AM May 2020

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.

Read more: https://www.dispatch.com/news/20200519/annie-glenn-widow-of-american-icon-john-glenn-dies-at-100?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Columbus%20Dispatch%20breaking-news%202020-05-1913:45:52&utm_content=COLD_CD&utm_term=051920

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Annie Glenn, widow of American icon John Glenn, dies at 100 (Original Post) Ohiogal May 2020 OP
Wow. RIP Glenns. LakeArenal May 2020 #1
She died of COVID 19... FarPoint May 2020 #19
Recommended. Dennis Donovan May 2020 #2
Rest in peace. shenmue May 2020 #3
One of my child hood heroes and now this...........and she was just a hero to many... turbinetree May 2020 #4
To die at 100, and only have been a widow for 4 years! marybourg May 2020 #5
Awe...so sad to hear this! Docreed2003 May 2020 #6
🕯️ irisblue May 2020 #7
One of the most inspiring marriages in American history, IMO. Aristus May 2020 #8
They don't come any better than the Glenns. Botany May 2020 #9
+++Infinities Kid Berwyn May 2020 #10
Rock solid good people! Botany May 2020 #12
Great photo of a great couple! FailureToCommunicate May 2020 #20
Orville and Wilbur Wright reportedly said once: "Not ALL the best people come from Ohio... FailureToCommunicate May 2020 #21
The Glenns used to live in Arlington County, Virginia mahatmakanejeeves May 2020 #11
Titov was not the first person to orbit the earth. LastDemocratInSC May 2020 #15
Yuri Gagarin, preceded by colorado_ufo May 2020 #23
It is reported here in Dayton Ohio... FarPoint May 2020 #13
That's a wonderful article in the Dispatch! Alliepoo May 2020 #14
How sad! Ohiogal May 2020 #18
A time to mourn zeusdogmom May 2020 #16
I admired her so much for her work and I admired her husband's strong support for her. no_hypocrisy May 2020 #17
... littlemissmartypants May 2020 #22
Rest In Peace Annie. bronxiteforever May 2020 #24
Related: Annie Glenn, wife of late astronaut and U.S. Sen. John Glenn, dies of coronavirus UpInArms May 2020 #25
Oh what awful news! Recursion May 2020 #26
So sad that this amazing lady passed away FM123 May 2020 #27

Aristus

(66,094 posts)
8. One of the most inspiring marriages in American history, IMO.
Tue May 19, 2020, 10:57 AM
May 2020

Their love was synergistic; they made each other better.

Now they can be together again...

FailureToCommunicate

(13,989 posts)
21. Orville and Wilbur Wright reportedly said once: "Not ALL the best people come from Ohio...
Tue May 19, 2020, 12:30 PM
May 2020

...but it helps"


mahatmakanejeeves

(56,895 posts)
11. The Glenns used to live in Arlington County, Virginia
Tue May 19, 2020, 11:13 AM
May 2020

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?

OPINION

Morning Poll: Should John Glenn’s 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 Glenn’s 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 Glenn’s 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 home’s owners told WUSA 9 that people still stopped by to gawk at the space hero’s former house. Glenn died in 2016 and was interred at Arlington National Cemetery.

There’s likely little that could be done to legally prevent the house from being torn down at this point, if that’s 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

Alliepoo

(2,196 posts)
14. That's a wonderful article in the Dispatch!
Tue May 19, 2020, 11:37 AM
May 2020

The local Cbus noon news channel 4 just reported that Annie Glenn died of complications from Covid...

Ohiogal

(31,660 posts)
18. How sad!
Tue May 19, 2020, 12:19 PM
May 2020

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.

UpInArms

(51,252 posts)
25. Related: Annie Glenn, wife of late astronaut and U.S. Sen. John Glenn, dies of coronavirus
Tue May 19, 2020, 01:19 PM
May 2020

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

FM123

(10,050 posts)
27. So sad that this amazing lady passed away
Tue May 19, 2020, 07:17 PM
May 2020

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.

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