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Article: Steve Fossett, 63; Adventurer of the Seas and Skies
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- The Washington Post
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- February 16, 2008
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Steve Fossett, 63, an American millionaire who financed many of
his own record-setting adventures over the seas and into the skies,
was declared legally dead Feb. 15 by a Chicago judge, five months
after he disappeared while piloting a single-engine plane over
western Nevada.
Mr. Fossett, known for his globe-circling, nonstop flights by
airplane and balloon, was reported missing Sept. 3. He last was seen
taking off from an airstrip owned by hotel magnate Barron Hilton
near Yerington, Nev., on what was supposed to be a two-hour pleasure
flight.
After exhaustive searches failed to find any traces of him or the
plane in the rugged terrain, Peggy Viehland Fossett petitioned a
court in November ...