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Bill Dana, comedian who played astronaut José Jiménez, dies at 92 [i]"Okay, José, you're on your way!" With those words, radioed to Alan Shepard as he lifted off to become the first American astronaut to fly into space on May 5, 1961, Bill Dana's role in NASA history was sealed. Dana, a comedian whose performance as "José Jiménez" was bestowed the title of being the eighth of the Mercury 7 astronauts, died on Thursday (June 15). He was 92.[/i]
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