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Biography
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L. Gordon Cooper, Jr.
Real name: Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr.
L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., Col, USAF (born March 6, 1927, Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA – died October 4, 2004, Ventura, California, USA) better known as Gordon "Gordo" Cooper, was an American aerospace engineer, test pilot, United States Air Force pilot, and astronaut in Project Mercury, the first manned space program of the United States.