He is survived by his second wife, the former Bobbie Osborn, whom he married in 1983; a son, Kent, of Houston; two sisters, Marie Madsen and Beverly Schlenz, both of Madison, Wis.; two brothers, Dick, of Los Gatos, Calif., and Elwood, of Marshall, Wis., and two grandchildren. Slayton, along with Brand and Kubasov, won the FAI Yuri Gagarin Gold Medal in 1976. David Kessler's top 4 tips for dealing with holiday grief. He later worked on the Skylab and space shuttle projects before leaving NASA in 1985. After graduating in December 1955, he became a test pilot at the Flight Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Deke Slayton (husband)Kent Sherman (son) 27 in Howard, passed away Tuesday morning, March 28, 2023 at St. James Hospital following a brief illness. from Carthage College in 1961, and an Honorary Doctorate in Engineering from Michigan Technological University in 1965. Five of the original seven astronauts survive. He received further medical evaluation at Brooks Air Force Base and was diagnosed with idiopathic atrial fibrillation, but he was considered healthy enough to continue flying. That meant lots of cream-colored clothes, sleeveless sheath dresses and pencil skirts paired with a sweater over the shoulders. "[2]:58, In 1992, Slayton was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. [2]:308,312 He married Bobbie Belle Jones (19452010), who also worked at NASA, in October 1983, and they remained married until his death. If youre in charge of handling the affairs for a recently deceased loved one, this guide offers a helpful checklist. He gave Cummings a film-noir style fitting for the decade with lots of shoulder pads, slinky sweaters and form-fitting dresses to hug her curves. Midcentury neighborhoods in their filming location of New Orleans were scouted to double as the space burbs of Houston and Florida. The Astronaut Wives Club (premiering Thursday at 8 p.m. on ABC) tells the true story of seven modest military wives who rocketed to fame when their husbands Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard and Deke Slayton were named as NASAs original Mercury astronauts in 1959.