| Steve Fossett  AKA James Stephen Fossett
Born: 22-Apr-1944
Birthplace: Jackson, TN
Died: 3-Sep-2007 [1]
Location of death: Smith Valley, NV (vicinity)
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Missing
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Aviator Nationality: United States
Executive summary: First to cross Pacific in a balloon Thrill-seeking millionaire Steve Fossett made numerous flights in high-tech balloons, gliders and jets. He was last seen on 3 September 2007, taking off from an airstrip near Yerington, Nevada in an ordinary single-engine plane. Extensive searches yielded neither Fossett's plane nor his body, but at his wife's request he was declared legally dead by the Cook County Probate Court on 15 February 2008.
[1] Declared legally dead on 15 February 2008 by a Cook County court.
Wife: Peggy Viehland (m. 1968, until his death)
University: BA, Stanford University (1966)
University: MBA, Washington University in St. Louis (1968)
Administrator: Trustee, Washington University in St. Louis
Boy Scouts of America Executive Board Member
Explorers Club
Reuniting Our Country PAC
Royal Geographical Society Fellow
Distinguished Eagle Scout Award
Eagle Scout
National Aviation Hall of Fame 2007
Silver Buffalo
Declared Legally Dead Cook County, IL (15-Feb-2008)
Famous Missing Persons plane missing over Nevada (3-Sep-2007)
Official Website:
http://www.stevefossett.com/
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