Gordon Cooper Has Died
4 October 2004: NASA Mourns Loss of Original Mercury 7 Astronaut Gordon Cooper
“Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr., (Colonel, USAF, Ret.) [bio] an original Mercury 7 astronaut, died earlier today at his home in Ventura, Calif. He was 77 years old. Cooper piloted the sixth and last flight of the Mercury program and later commanded Gemini V.”