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Article: Missing daredevil millionaire Steve Fossett declared dead
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- Charleston Gazette
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- February 16, 2008
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CHICAGO - Millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett, who risked his
life seeking to set records in high-tech balloons, gliders and jets,
was declared dead Friday, five months after he vanished while flying
in an ordinary small plane.
The self-made business tycoon, who in 2002 became the first
person to circle the world solo in a balloon, was last seen Sept. 3
after taking off in a single-engine plane from an airstrip near
Yerington, Nev., heading toward Bishop, Calif. He was 63.
His wife, Peggy V. Fossett, had him declared legally dead in Cook
County Circuit Court as a step toward resolving the legal status of
his estate. Judge Jeffrey Malak heard testimony Friday from Peggy
Fossett, a family ...