https://www.nasa.gov/topics/people/features/armstrong_obit.html
Neil Armstrong dead at 82
August 26,2012
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ and beyond, Neil Armstrong the first man on the moon died at 82 on Friday and marks the passing of one of American’s greatest heroes. Armstrong was know as a “reluctant American hero,” and embodied the spirit of discovery .
Armstrong’s death followed complications from heart-bypass surgery he underwent earlier this month, Armstrong’s family said today in a statement released by NASA.
Armstrong has been immortalized in human history as the first human to set foot on a celestial body beyond Earth and is best know for his words , “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind,” that he radioed back to Earth from the moon on July 20, 1969.