
Buzz Aldrin’s Wife Dies Just 2 Years After Wedding
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Anca Faur, the legendary astronaut's wife, died at 66, according to a statement from their families.
The wife of legendary astronaut Buzz Aldrin has died.
Dr. Anca Faur Aldrin died on Tuesday just two years after the couple wed, according to a statement posted Wednesday on Facebook by the Faur and Aldrin families. She was 66.
“Dr. Anca Aldrin, wife of astronaut Buzz Aldrin, peacefully passed away last night with her husband and her son, Vlad Ghenciu by her side,” the statement read.
Faur was “an accomplished chemical engineer with a Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh” and “served as the treasurer for the California Hydrogen Business Council and as Executive Vice President of Buzz Aldrin Ventures LLC,” the statement noted.
In a separate message in the statement, Aldrin, 95, paid tribute to his late wife, whom he wed during a small ceremony on his 93rd birthday in 2023.













