Article: Missing adventurer Steve Fossett declared dead

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New York, Feb. 16 -- Self-made millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett has been declared dead by a Chicago judge, five months after his plane disappeared.

The 63-year-old daredevil went missing on September 3 after taking off in a single-engined plane from a Nevada airstrip and was never seen again.

His wife, Peggy, petitioned a Chicago court to make his death legal after months of search failed to produce any signs of wreckage.

The judge heard testimony from Peggy, and a family friend, as well as from a ...

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