RIP John Glenn

A true American hero.

(CNN)John Glenn, a former US senator and the first American to orbit the Earth, died Thursday, according to Ohio State University. He was 95.

It was announced Wednesday that Glenn had been hospitalized “more than a week ago,” according to Ohio State University spokesman Hank Wilson. He was at The James Cancer Hospital at Ohio State University, but his illness was not disclosed.

Glenn had heart valve replacement surgery in 2014.

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