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Who is Steve Fossett?

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11y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019
Steve Fossett, Adventurer & Business Personality

- Born: April 22, 1944

- Died: Presumed to have died on September 3, 2007

- Birthplace: Jackson, TN

- Best known as: The record-breaking aviator who disappeared in Nevada

Steve Fossett is known for his record-breaking balloon flights and for his mysterious 2007 disappearance in Nevada. Fossett was the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in a balloon. Fossett set 116 records and 60 of them still stood when he disappeared. On September 3, 2007, Fossett was reported missing after he was flying over the Great Basin Desert in Nevada and never returned. On October 1, his plane was found and on October 29, two human bones that they confirmed were Fossett's were found.

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