Talk:Wally Schirra

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Contents 1 USNA graduate 2 Son's child porn conviction 3 need to verify date & cause of death 4 Memorial and Burial 5 TV spot 6 Article too complimentary

[edit] USNA graduate

Walter Schirra graduated from the United States Naval Academy. Someone needs to clean up this article and make it factually accurate.

Whoever left this anonymous comment could have done that. I got the current information from his website. Holford 23:58, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Son's child porn conviction

I removed reference to his son's criminal conviction as not germaine to the article, especially with the unsubstantiated comment that he got no jail time due to his father's influence. Holford 20:43, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

In 2005, his son Walter Schirra III plead guilty in a fedral child sex tourism case. He was not given a prison sentence due to his father's influence.

Please stop removing this information-it is well sourced here- http://space.about.com/od/nasanewscurrentevents/a/shirraguilty.htm Tommypowell 15:16, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

It is also irrelevant. The sins of the son are not visited upon the father, and there is absolutely no evidence to suggest his father's influence had anything to do with the lack of prison time. FCYTravis 21:58, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Come on!!: Estamos hablando de un héroe, please...

[edit] need to verify date & cause of death

Apparently Reuters initially reported May 3 (Thursday) but corrected to May 2 (Wednesday), cause of death: some stories say he had cancer, but as far as I can see the only thing mentioned as cause of death is "natural causes" - Nunh-huh 19:11, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Reuters also could not verify the place of death. Please don't re-add place or cause of death without a citation. - Nunh-huh 19:53, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

NASA's statement issued on Thursday confirms that Schirra died "yesterday", meaning Wednesday. - Nunh-huh 20:09, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

This source [1] says Thursday, provides cause of death and place, and indicates the source of the confusion. "Schirra died of a heart attack at Scripps Green Hospital in La Jolla, said Ruth Chandler Varonfakis, a family friend and spokeswoman for the San Diego Aerospace Museum. NASA had said he died late Wednesday but the family and the medical examiner's office both said it was Thursday." - Nunh-huh 20:15, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

On the radio they said that he had cancer. Bubba73 (talk), 03:12, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

DeadOrAliveInfo.com says heart attack, but doesn't list a date of death. Bubba73 (talk), 03:22, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Well, you can have a heart attack while you've also got cancer, so the reports are not necessarily incompatible. Since the reference quotes the medical examiner on the date and heart attack, I feel comfortable with that until further information comes to light. - Nunh-huh 03:51, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Right. I'm not going to change it. Bubba73 (talk), 03:54, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Memorial and Burial

Wally was memorialized by Neil Armstrong during the May 2007 gathering of "Golden Eagles," the Early & Pioneer Naval Aviators Assn in Florida. Subsequently it was announced that there would be a memorial service in San Diego later in the month. Sometime later Wally's ashes will be spread at sea.

B Tillman (coauthor) 13 May 07 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by BTillman (talk • contribs) 23:40, 13 May 2007 (UTC).

[edit] TV spot

[2] might proof that he advertises for Actifed.--Stone 14:50, 8 May 2007 (UTC) They each took a decongestant, Actifed, an hour before reentry from [3] might proof the rest.--Stone 14:52, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Article too complimentary

According to the Wikipedia article on capsule communicator Glynn Lunney (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glynn_Lunney), Schirra repeatedly refused to take orders from the ground during the Apollo mission. The Lunney article seems to suggest a greater problem than the disgruntledness caused by cold medication the Schirra article describes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.89.192.125 (talk) 17:53, 9 May 2008 (UTC)