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collectSPACE: [URL=http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-093009b.html]Pavel Popovich, sixth man in orbit, dies[/URL] [i]The sixth man to orbit the Earth, Pavel Romanovich Popovich died Wednesday, five days before his 79th birthday. According to officials in Russia, his death came following a stroke at a hospital in Gurzuf on Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula. "Pavel was a wonderful person," recalled first woman in space Valentina Tereshkova, in an interview with RIA Novosti. "A professional cosmonaut, devoted to his work, and he was also a good friend."[/i]
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