|
Steve
Fossett
·
On Feb 16,
2008
millionaire
adventurer
Steve
Fossett, who
risked his
life seeking
to set
records in
balloons,
gliders and
jets and his
2nd
around-the-world
balloon
attempt
ended in
India, was
declared
dead,
5-month
after he
vanished in
a small
plane
·
The
self-made
business
tycoon,
who, in
2002, became
the first
person to
circle the
world solo
in a balloon,
was last
seen
September 3
after taking
off in a
single-engine
plane from
an airstrip
near
Yerington,
Nevada,
heading
toward
Bishop,
California.
·
At the
request of
his wife,
Peggy V.
Fossett,
a judge
declared
Fossett
legally dead
in
Cook County
Circuit
Court
as a step
toward
resolving
the legal
status of
his estate
·
Judge
Jeffrey
Malak heard
testimony
yesterday
from Peggy
Fossett, a
family
friend and a
search-and-rescue
expert
before
deciding
that there
was
sufficient
evidence to
declare him
dead.
|
|
