I saw last night that John Young died back in January. Went right under the radar, apparently. Normally an accomplishment like walking on the freaking moon gets you a bit more attention when you croak. In his case he had actually done a whole lot more. This guy was prolific as an astronaut, flying twice for Gemini, twice for Apollo, and twice on the space shuttle. He went to the moon twice, once as CM pilot for the Apollo 10 dress rehearsal flight, and once as LM commander for Apollo 16. Ten years later he was the original test pilot for the shuttle program as the commander for STS-001. Suffice it to say he always struck me as a helluva guy.
Interesting side note. STS-001 suffered quite a few problems during launch due to a significant overpressure lifting off the pad. One of the problems was major enough that Young said later that had he known about it the Columbia would be at the bottom of the Atlantic right now, as there's no way he'd have flown it into orbit.