Rene Carpenter
Rene Carpenter | |
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Carpenter at a press conference in 1962 | |
| Born | Rene Louise Mason April 12, 1928 Clinton, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | July 24, 2020 (aged 92) Denver, Colorado, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Newspaper columnist and local television host |
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Rene Carpenter (April 12, 1928 – July 24, 2020) was an American newspaper columnist and host of two Washington, D.C., television shows. As the wife of Scott Carpenter, one of the Mercury Seven astronauts, she was a pioneering member of NASA's early spaceflight families.