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Edwin Eugene Aldrin, Jr. Wiki Biography

• Edwin Eugene Aldrin, Jr. was born on 20 January 1930 to German, Scottish and Swedish ancestors in Montclair, New Jersey, USA. 
• Buzz is a former astronaut and engineer, best known for being one of the first two men to land on the moon in 1969, an accomplishment he shares with Neil Armstrong. 
• He is also a retired U.S. Air Force officer, and all of his efforts have led to putting his net worth where it is now. 
• Sources report a net worth of $10 million as of mid-2016, largely gained through a distinguished career in the military and NASA. 
• He was granted the opportunity to be an astronaut after his performance in the military. 
• He has worked in TV shows and movies as well, and both of these have helped to ensure his wealth. 
• Aldrin’s father was a military man, and Buzz would turn down the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) offer to join the military and attend West Point after enrolling at Montclair High School. 
• Originally, he wanted to be the first man to walk on the moon, but several variables determined otherwise, including the fact that Neil Armstrong was the commander. 
• On the moon, he conducted a religious rite, taking communion. 
• In 1971, Buzz left NASA and became the US Air Force Test Pilot School Commander, but retired a year later. 
• He wrote an autobiography after retirement, “Return to Earth,” and also “Magnificent Desolation.” 
• He later co-authored several books and spoke about alcoholism and psychiatric depression. 
• There was a video game named after him and it was dubbed “Race Into Space by Buzz Aldrin.” 
• “He also did voice work for “Futurama” and “The Simpsons” shows as well. 
• In “Transformers: Dark of the Moon,” he appeared and also made appearances in “Space Brothers” and “Big Bang Theory.” 
• Buzz was married three times during his personal life, first to Joan Archer (1954-74) and they had three children. 
• The second union was with Beverly Zile (1975-78), and in 1988, the third was with Lois Driggs Cannon, which ended in divorce in 2012. 
• He’s got one of his daughters’ grandsons. 
• Commenting on the death of fellow astronaut Neil Armstrong, he said he hoped they’d be together on the 50th anniversary of the landing of the moon, but it wasn’t meant to be. 

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Edwin Eugene Aldrin, Jr. Quotes

• [on Robin Williams] I regarded Robin Williams as a friend and fellow sufferer. His passing is a great loss. The torment of depression and the complications of addiction that accompany it affect millions, including myself and family members before me – my grandfather committed suicide before I was born and my mother the year before I went to the moon – along with hundreds of veterans who come to a similar fate each year. As individuals and as a nation we need to be compassionate and supportive of all who suffer and give them the resources to face life. Robin Williams RIP.
• The torment of depression and the complications of addiction that accompany it affect millions, including myself and family members before me – my grandfather committed suicide before I was born and my mother the year before I went to the moon – along with hundreds of veterans who come to a similar fate each year,” Aldrin wrote. “As individuals and as a nation we need to be compassionate and supportive of all who suffer and give them the resources to face life.
• Mars is there, waiting to be reached.
• I think humans will reach Mars, and I would like to see it happen in my lifetime.
• We can continue to try and clean up the gutters all over the world and spend all of our resources looking at just the dirty spots and trying to make them clean. Or we can lift our eyes up and look into the skies and move forward in an evolutionary way.
• There’s a need for accepting responsibility – for a person’s life and making choices that are not just ones for immediate short-term comfort. You need to make an investment, and the investment is in health and education.
• [on why no famous photos were taken of Neil Armstrong during the Apollo 11 landing on the moon] As the sequence of lunar operations evolved, Neil had the camera most of the time, and the majority of pictures taken on the moon that include an astronaut are of me. It wasn’t until we were back on Earth and in the lunar receiving laboratory looking over the pictures that we realized there were few pictures of Neil. My fault, perhaps, but we had never simulated this in our training.
• [on joining Neil Armstrong in first walk on the moon, 20 July 1969] Beautiful! Beautiful! Magnificent desolation!

Edwin Eugene Aldrin, Jr. Important Facts

• Wrote a 2009 memoir “Magnificent Desolation,” telling in detail his problems after his return from the moon with divorce, drinking, depression, and despair and checking into rehab in 1975 where he started the long climb back to sobriety and hope.
• His nickname “Buzz” originated in childhood. The younger of his two older sisters mispronounced ‘brother’ as ‘buzzer’, which was then shortened to ‘Buzz’.
• Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood, California on January 14, 1993.
• Jokingly credited in Monty Python’s Flying Circus: The Buzz Aldrin Show (1970) as actor, writer and makeup artist.
• Honorary member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC).
• Flew twice for NASA. Once on the first manned lunar expedition Apollo 11 with Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins and once on Gemini 12 with Jim Lovell, the last Gemini mission. On the historic Apollo 11 mission, the lunar module was Eagle and the command module was Columbia.
• In 2007, at age 77, he underwent plastic surgery for a face-lift. Claims that being subjected to countless bouts of G-force as a fighter pilot and astronaut caused his jowls to sag prematurely.
• Inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame in 2007 for his services to enterprise and space (inaugural election). Official induction ceremonies held in May 2008.
• His Swedish ancestors were blacksmiths who emigrated to America from the province Värmland in Sweden.
• Society of Operating Cameramen, (SOC) Recipient, Technical Achievment Award (1995) “NASA, First live television broadcast from the Moon” (1969).
• Moonwalker. Lunar Module Pilot, Apollo 11, making him the second man to walk on the Moon.
• Had his first name legally changed to “Buzz” in 1979.
• Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.
• Astronaut, second man on the moon.

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