Starman
by Jamie Doran · first published 2011
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On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first person to venture into space, gaining worldwide fame in a quick 108-minute journey. Starman tells for the first time Gagarin's personal odyssey from peasant to international icon, his disintegration under the pressure of fame, and his final disillusionment with the USSR. Before President Kennedy had put an American on the moon, Gagarin himself was dead, killed at age thirty-four in a mysterious air crash. Publicly mourned, his death was privately met with relief by the Soviet hierarchy, and the KGB report into his death remains secret. Entwined
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yuri gagarin's life is the subject of the book "Starman: The Truth Behind the Legend of Yuri Gagarin", it's pretty fascinating to watch him through his life and ultimately become a tool of the state for propaganda purposes. his death was largely caused by…
on “Death of Yuri Gagarin demystified 40 years on” ↗Yup, an account of this incident was also published in "Starman" by Jamie Doran and Piers Bizony, published in 1998 -- a biography of Yuri Gagarin. Only they pointed the finger at a low-flying Su-11, based on reports that surfaced in public in 1995 ... http://www.amazon.co.uk/Starman-Truth-Behind-Legend-Gagarin/...
on “Death of Yuri Gagarin demystified 40 years on” ↗