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I inherited depression from my mother's side of the family. Her father committed suicide. She committed suicide the year before I went to the moon.

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Buzz Aldrin
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: January 20
Air Force Officer
Astronaut
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Fighter Pilot
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Montclair Township
Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr.
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