Buzz Aldrin Wiki, Biography, Age, Family, Height, Net Worth, Fast Facts

Buzz Aldrin Wiki, Biography

Buzz Aldrin, the second man to land on the moon after Neil Armstrong, recently married his partner, Dr. Anca Faur, on the occasion of his 93rd birthday. The astronaut took to Twitter to announce his marriage, addressing Dr. Faur as his “lifelong love.” He shared that the couple had a “little private ceremony” and said they were so excited about their new journey as “runaway teens.”

In his wedding photo, Aldrin can be seen in a black suit with a bowtie, while his wife is seen in a white beaded gown. Aldrin’s wedding to Dr. Faur marked his fourth marriage. He has previously been married three times.

Dr. Faur is 63 years old and has a 30-year age difference with Aldrin. She has a PhD in chemical engineering and catalysis from the University of Pittsburgh and has served as Executive Vice President of Buzz Aldrin Ventures since 2019.

A look at Buzz Aldrin’s previous marriages and children

Legendary astronaut Buzz Aldrin has been married four times in his lifetime. He married his first wife, Joan Archer Aldrin, in 1954 in Paterson, New Jersey, while serving 21 years in the military.

The couple also welcomed three children together and were together when Aldrin became the second man to walk on the moon in 1969. Speaking about her ex-husband’s landmark achievement, Joan once told the Los Angeles Times that she was angry with Aldrin after the Apollo 11 mission. :

“I had married an engineer and here he was a hero. This was disturbing, but I didn’t understand, and my immediate reaction was anger at Buzz. I realized that I should have expected it.”

Buzz Aldrin and Joan Archer Aldrin finally decided to end their marriage in 1974. The latter, a Rutgers University graduate, began working at ABC after her separation from Aldrin. She worked with the network until her retirement in 1998.

Joan passed away on July 22, 2015 at the age of 84. Aldrin issued an official statement after the death of his first wife, saying:

“The future will remember Joan Archer Aldrin as a soft-spoken wife and mother, raising three well-bred, individual-minded children and dealing with our trials with the most admired human acceptance.”

Aldrin married his second wife, Beverly Van Zile, in 1975, a year after divorcing his first wife. The duo had no children together and was married for three years before breaking up in 1978. Not much is known about their married life and their separation.

Beverly appeared often on the show Tattletales with her husband in 1975. She reportedly died in April 2004.

The astronaut reportedly met his third wife, philanthropist Lois Driggs Cannon, at a mutual friend’s beach party in 1985. The couple possibly began dating and married in 1988.

At that time, Lois was already the mother of Lisa Cannon, Brynn Cannon, and Bryant Cannon, from her first marriage to Bryant W. Cannon. Aldrin and Cannon attended several red carpet events together and stayed together for more than two decades.

Unfortunately, their marriage came to an end in 2011, and their divorce was finalized in 2013. Lois reportedly died of natural causes at the age of 88 on July 17, 2018.

Buzz Aldrin has three biological children, James Michael Aldrin, Janice Ross Aldrin, and Andrew John Aldrin, all of whom he shares with his first wife, Joan Archer Aldrin. Janice opened up about her father’s mission to the moon during a 2021 interview with CNN, saying:

“I had no concept that this was coming from the moon, and how crazy that was. I was just disappointed that it wasn’t in color.”

Andrew said that he had “total faith in NASA and the Apollo program” at the time and that he was not afraid “that something bad was going to happen.” He continued:

“It didn’t strike me that Apollo 11 was really that scary or risky. It was just normal. It was, this was just the next mission we were going to do because that’s what dad said we were going to do.”

The Aldrin brothers shared that his father often taught them science when they were children and said that he loved to share his knowledge of physics even during family outings to the zoo and at dinner time. Janice shared:

“I never asked my dad for help with my homework because he couldn’t understand what he was saying. My eyes would start to glaze over.”

Before Joan Archer’s passing, she and Buzz Aldrin became grandparents to Janice’s son, Jeffrey Michael Schuss. The former astronaut also became a great-grandfather after Jeffrey and his wife, April Schuss, gave birth to his sons, Nathaniel, Benjamin, and Archer.

Buzz Aldrin is currently married to Dr. Anca Faur. The duo made the news after walking down the aisle on the former’s 93rd birthday and making the special announcement on Twitter.

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