Joseph Kittinger
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Film & TV
Tampa, Florida, USA
Known for
- Space Dive — Self2012
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Tampa
- Place of death
- Orlando
- Occupation
- balloonist
- Educated at
- University of Florida
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Conflict
- Vietnam War
- Military branch
- United States Air Force
- Military rank
- colonel
- Image
- Joseph Kittinger, Jr.jpg
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- Commons category
- Joseph Kittinger
- date of birth
- 1928-07-27
- Commons gallery
- Joseph Kittinger
- start of work period
- 1949-00-00
- name in native language
- Joseph William Kittinger Jr.
- end of work period
- 1978-00-00
- date of death
- 2022-12-09
- birth name
- Joseph William Kittinger Jr.
- cause of death
- lung cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- interested in
- space diving
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