[petuniasevan]

Dr. Gene Shoemaker died Friday, July 18 (Australian Time) in Alice Springs, Australia in a car accident. He was in the field, pursuing his lifelong passion of geologic studies to help understand impact craters with his wife and science partner, Carolyn Shoemaker. Carolyn survived the accident sustaining various injuries.

[RightWhale]

Thanks for the correction. Good, I am glad she survived. So now I'm only half as affected by the tragic acccident as I was a minute ago.