Mitchell died under hospice care in West Palm Beach, Florida, on February 4, 2016, at the age of 85. Mitchell died on the eve of the 45th anniversary of his lunar landing. His death was widely reported, and fellow Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin tweeted the following morning, “It’s the 45th Anniv of the #Apollo14 landing on the moon & yesterday we lost another Lunar Pioneer Edgar Mitchell.”
Mitchell was no kook. If he says aliens are real, I have to believe him, so I do.