Thanks to Ned Sloane for this.
BY JOHN CHAPPELL: STAFF WRITERGary Bauer data- Arlington group, FRC, Blackwater + Moonie contributor
Astronaut Charles E. Brady, formerly of Robbins, is dead at 54.
His home town is in mourning over the loss of one of
its most illustrious sons: an Eagle Scout, an athlete,
a doctor, a Blue Angel, and a space traveler. A huge
mural depicting Brady and the Space Shuttle Columbia
overlooks the railroad across from the Old Elise Depot
and the town hall.
Now the town is puzzled and saddened by reports of the
circumstances of his death. According to Chuck
McCarty, a dispatcher with the Sheriff's Office in San
Juan County, Wash., Brady died of apparently
self-inflicted wounds.
Sheriff's deputies had responded to a call from a home
on Orcas Island Sunday afternoon, July 23.
When they arrived at the scene, they spoke to a woman,
Susan Oseth, and a 3- or 4-year-old girl.
Jon Zerby, undersheriff of San Juan County, said Brady
and Oseth lived together on Orcas Island. Zerby said
Brady was divorced.
Found After Search
A deputy reported that "Oseth told him Brady had left
on foot and gone to a wooded part of the island. The
Island is big, 58 square miles, according to Deputy
Ray Clever, senior officer on the scene.
"The call had come in for a verbal dispute, but [there
were indications of] something more unusual," Clever
said. "That was a huge area to cover."
Seeking to render Brady aid, the deputies called for
backup and began a search.
After a time, the officers discovered Brady's body in
a wooded area. A paramedic pronounced him dead at the
scene, and the body was taken to nearby Snohomish
County for an autopsy.
Neither the woman nor the child were physically harmed
in the incident, according to the deputies.
Orcas Island is off the coast near Bellingham, Wash.
Brady and his former wife, Cathy, had previously
maintained a home on Ben Ure Island, Oak Harbor, Wash.
Funeral arrangements are being handled privately.
Brady was celebrated for his many accomplishments. His
space flight 10 years ago remains the longest such
mission to date. Brady and six other astronauts
orbited the earth 271 times and broke the shuttle
endurance record by eight hours.
That mission included studies sponsored by 10 nations
and five space agencies, and the crew included a
Frenchman, a Canadian, a Spaniard and an Italian.
Brady was one of three mission specialists who
conducted a number of experiments -- mostly on
themselves -- in the orbiter's Life and Microgravity
Spacelab.
Brady would later describe that flight as "a sort of
test bed for the international space station." He came
back with a vivid memory of having seen rain forest
devastation and damaged river systems, and a
determination to do what he could to protect the
earth.
He didn't set out to go to space, but to follow in the
footsteps of his father, a small town doctor. His
father, the late Charles Eldon Brady Sr., was a family
doctor with his practice in Robbins. An Eagle Scout,
Brady graduated from North Moore High School in 1969,
studied pre-medicine at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill and received his medical
degree at Duke University in 1975.
>From Duke, he went to the University of Tennessee
Hospital in Knoxville for his internship, then entered
practice with a focus on sports medicine, serving as
team physician for Iowa State University in Ames. He
continued in sports medicine and family practice for
the next seven years, working as a team physician at
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and East
Carolina University, then joined the Navy.
As a Navy doctor, Brady trained to be a flight surgeon
at the Naval Aerospace Medical Institute at Naval Air
Station in Pensacola, Fla. In June 1986, he reported
to Carrier Air Wing Two on board the aircraft carrier
USS Ranger and was assigned to the attack wing
including Attack Squadron 145 and Aviation Electronic
Countermeasures Squadron 131.
Two years later, Brady joined the "Blue Angels," the
famous Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron. He served
with them through 1990, and was serving in Tactical
Electronic Warfare Squadron 129 when tapped by NASA
for the astronaut program.
Brady reported to Johnson Space Center in August 1992.
In addition to his Columbia flight, Brady worked on
technical issues for the Astronaut Office Mission
Development Branch; flight software testing in the
Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL); was
astronaut representative to the Human Research Policy
and Procedures Committee; deputy chief for Space
Shuttle astronaut training; and chief for Space
Station astronaut training in the Mission Operations
Division.
He logged more than 405 hours in space before
returning to Navy duty as a surgeon. Born August 12,
1951, in Pinehurst, Brady always considered Robbins
his hometown.
Brady enjoyed canoeing, kayaking, tennis, biking, and
was an amateur radio operator. After the death of his
father, Brady's mother, Ann Maness Brady, continued to
make her home in Robbins. One sister, Jerry Ann
Kennedy, her husband Clifford, and two children Mark
and Mary Jayne live in Burlington.
John Chappell can be reached at 783-5841 or by e-mail
at jchappell@thepilot.com.
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