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North Texas aviation pioneer Wally Funk dies, aged 87

North Texas aviation pioneer Wally Funk dies, aged 87
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Wally Funk, an aviation pioneer who became the oldest woman to travel to space, has died at 87. The city of Grapevine, Texas, where she lived, announced on Thursday that she died peacefully the evening before, surrounded by loved ones.

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