Buzz Aldrin, 95, loses wife, 66, two years after their wedding
Buzz Aldrin’s wife, Dr. Anca Aldrin died on Tuesday night after two years of marriage.
According to the statement shared by the Faur and Aldrin Families on Facebook, 66-year-old Anca died ‘peacefully with her husband and son Vlad Ghenciu’.
‘I am very lucky to have found the love of my life and to marry her,’ said 95-year-old Aldrin.
‘He brought joy to everything we did together. I will miss him very much.’
The couple first crossed paths at a work event in December 2017 and started dating a few months later in May 2018.
They finally got married on his birthday, January 20, 2023.
Aldrin had previously described his happiness in enthusiastic words, saying that he had “never been happier” and that he felt “lucky beyond words” to have shared his life with her.
‘She is the love of my life,’ he said, ‘and we do everything together, from sharing meals to planning projects to spending time with our families to celebrating milestones like the 55th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing.’
Buzz Aldrin married his wife Dr. after only two years of marriage. Anca announced with sadness that Aldrin passed away.
Anca is a successful chemical engineer with a PhD degree. from the University of Pittsburgh, where he served as treasurer of the California Hydrogen Business Council and Executive Vice President of Buzz Aldrin Ventures LLC.
On Aldrin’s 93rd birthday, the couple held a small, intimate wedding at a local park near their home. ‘It was a beautiful day,’ he said PEOPLE.
‘We wanted a private ceremony with just the two of us and the stars above.’
Anca is a successful chemical engineer with a PhD degree. from the University of Pittsburgh, where he served as treasurer of the California Hydrogen Business Council and Executive Vice President of Buzz Aldrin Ventures LLC.
Aldrin was previously married and divorced three times; Joan Ann Archer from 1954 to 1974, Beverly Van Zile from 1975 to 1978, and Lois Driggs Cannon from 1988 to 2012.
The second man to touch the lunar surface has three children, James, Janice and Andrew, with his first wife, Archer.
He has a grandson, Jeffrey Schuss, three grandchildren, and a great-granddaughter from his daughter Janice.
On July 16, 1969, Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins blasted into space on an unprecedented mission aimed at taking mankind to the moon for the first time.
Aldrin is known for saluting the US flag on the lunar surface during the Apollo 11 lunar mission.
Aldrin had previously described his happiness in enthusiastic words, saying that he had “never been happier” and that he felt “lucky beyond words” to have shared his life with her.
Aldrin is known for saluting the US flag on the lunar surface during the Apollo 11 lunar mission.
He retired from NASA in 1971 and in 1998 founded the ShareSpace Foundation, a nonprofit organization to promote the expansion of human space exploration.
After entering the history books, Aldrin said he went through a dark period in his life where he didn’t know what to do.
He struggled with depression and alcoholism but has been sober for more than 40 years.
In 2002, Aldrin escaped assault charges after punching a man who asked him to swear on a Bible that the moon landing was not planned.
The retired astronaut has also managed to stay in the public eye with guest appearances on popular American television shows such as The Big Bang Theory, The Simpsons and 30 Rock.
The Toy Story character Buzz Lightyear was even named after Aldrin.
He has written many books, but in recent years he has called for the colonization of Mars.
The retired astronaut said the ‘great migration’ was necessary not only for exploration but also for the continued survival of the human race.
