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MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- An American hero and Milwaukee native has died.

Captain James Lovell, noted astronaut and commander of the apollo 13 mission, died Thursday at age 97.

Lovell grew up in Milwaukee and later attended the University of Wisconsin Madison.

Veteran reporter Jerry Burke told us, "He was probably one of the most humble people I've ever met." He added, "He was just a decent, decent man."

Born in Cleveland in 1928, Lovell's mother moved the family to Milwaukee a few years after the death of his father.

He attended then-Juneau High School, now MacDowell Montessori S

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