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Pete passed away in Ojai, California. Ojai is a Native American name for the moon.
Pete even touched the lives of the Choco Indians in Panama. He spent time with them in survival training many years ago and was with them again just before his passing. The Choco Indian chief, Antonio Zarco, made him an honorary Choco Indian. The Choco Indians have a rite when a prominent member dies, whereby the spirit goes to the moon.
Seeing Skylab Sailing Overhead
“My summer nights in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, when I was 14 years old, June 1973, sometimes had a special satellite serenely cruising overhead, when I got to behold the glory of Skylab, bright as Venus..This was a greater step toward interplanetary travel than the fantastic Apollo mission that Pete commanded. I brought a transistor radio to school for the launch of Apollo 12 from Earth, and the launch of Intrepid from the Moon. How many others were annoyed that media coverage of Pete's funereal vanished after JFK's son had his plane crash?”
—Kevin Olish
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