Annie Glenn, US philanthropist and the widow of John Glenn, a pioneering American astronaut, has passed away at 100, four years after her senator husband died.
According to Reuters, Annie breathed her last on Tuesday at a Minnesota nursing home after battling complications of COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
Mike DeWine, governor of the Ohio state, confirmed the news on Twitter but didn’t disclose the cause of her death. He also said flags would be flown until sunset on the day of her memorial.
“Fran and I were saddened to learn of the death of Annie Glenn. She was always kind and gracious to us whenever we saw her. This is a very sad day for all Ohioans. Annie Glenn represented all that is good about our country,” the governor wrote.
“In honor of the life of Annie Glenn, I have ordered that U.S. and Ohio flags be flown at half-staff upon all public buildings and grounds throughout Muskingum County, and at the Ohio Statehouse, Vern Riffe Center, and Rhodes Tower until sunset on the day of her memorial service.”
Fran and I were saddened to learn of the death of Annie Glenn. She was always kind and gracious to us whenever we saw her. This is a very sad day for all Ohioans. Annie Glenn represented all that is good about our country. https://t.co/Jz9eTxOtSp
— Governor Mike DeWine (@GovMikeDeWine) May 19, 2020
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In honor of the life of Annie Glenn, I have ordered that U.S. and Ohio flags be flown at half-staff upon all public buildings and grounds throughout Muskingum County, and at the Ohio Statehouse, Vern Riffe Center, and Rhodes Tower until sunset on the day of her memorial service. pic.twitter.com/EDW7NE1YLI
— Governor Mike DeWine (@GovMikeDeWine) May 19, 2020
In successive tweets urging other Americans to take precautionary measures, DeWine would later add that: “COVID-19 is becoming one of the leading causes of death in Ohio.”
#COVID19 is becoming one of the leading causes of death in #Ohio. Preliminary research indicates that as of May 19, 2020, more than 90,000 people in the United States, including 1,657 Ohioans, have died with COVID-19. These numbers continue to increase daily.
— Governor Mike DeWine (@GovMikeDeWine) May 19, 2020
“Preliminary research indicates that as of May 19, 2020, more than 90,000 people in the US, including 1,657 Ohioans, have died with COVID-19. These numbers continue to increase daily,” he added.
“What we do individually will be what saves Ohioans collectively. Taking the protective actions that we are recommending today will not only help you, but they will help you protect your loved ones, your neighbors, and people you don’t know.”
Anna was born in 1920 and grew up in New Concord, Ohio, about 70 miles (113 km) east of Columbus, where she met her husband in junior high school.
Her late husband, who was immortalized in ‘The Right Stuff’, Tom Wolfe’s book, which was also made into a movie, was the first American to orbit the Earth, circling it three times in 1962.
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