Humanity | Has died at age 82. Perhaps to honor his memory we can resolve as a society to continue to do inspiring things.There is no American civilian more deserving of a state funeral than Neil Alden Armstrong. But to hold one, as some have suggested, would go against the modest ethic that Armstrong demonstrated his entire life. Perhaps theFirst moonwalker Neil Armstrong's death at the age of 82 marks the passing of a "reluctant American hero," as well as the dimming of the Space Age's brightest moment. His death followed complications from heart-bypassNeil Armstrong will always be remembered as the man who inspired a generation of kids to reach for the stars. I am one of those kids, a child of the Apollo era. I was 5 years old when he took that small step for all of us back on Earth and profoundlyI wasn't going to write anything about the death of Neil Armstrong until this morning, when I heard a commentator on the radio say that the former astronaut had the reputation of being "private, almost to a fault." Of course, I know what he meant
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