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Most people never believed in the real possibility of going to the moon, and neither did I until I was in my twenties.
Buzz Aldrin
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Buzz Aldrin
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: January 20
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Montclair Township
Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr.
Edwin Aldrin Jr.
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