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When you marry a partner nearly 30 years your junior, you don’t expect to outlive them.

But that’s the unusual position that legendary astronaut Buzz Aldrin finds himself in following the death of his wife of less than three years, Anca Faur.

It was revealed today that Faur has passed away at the age of 66, leaving Aldrin a widower at 95.

Anca Faur’s unexpected passing revealed by family members

News of Faur’s death comes courtesy of a statement shared on Facebook by the Faur and Aldrin families.

They did not share the cause of death, but did reveal that Faur died “peacefully” on the night of October 28, “with her husband and her son, Vlad Ghenciu by her side.”

“Mrs. Aldrin, an accomplished chemical engineer with a Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh,

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