(NEXSTAR) – Dr. Anca Faur Aldrin, the fourth wife of pioneering astronaut Buzz Aldrin and the executive vice president of Buzz Aldrin Ventures, has died at the age of 66, according to a statement from her loved ones.
“Dr. Anca Aldrin, wife of astronaut Buzz Aldrin, peacefully passed away last night with her husband and her son, Vlad Ghenciu by her side,” reads the statement credited to both Faur and Aldrin’s families. “Mrs. Aldrin, an accomplished chemical engineer with a Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh, served as the treasurer for the California Hydrogen Business Council and as Executive Vice President of Buzz Aldrin Ventures LLC.”
The statement did not include a cause of death.
Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin and Anca Faur attend the 16th Annual Living Legends of Aviation Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 18, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California. (Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images)
Aldrin and Faur got married in Los Angeles on Jan. 20, 2023 — his 93rd birthday. At the time, he said they were “as excited as eloping teenagers.”
In a statement released upon her death, Adrin, 95, called her “the love of my life.”
“I am so fortunate to have found and married the love of my life,” he wrote. “She brought joy to everything we did together. I will miss her dearly.”
Aldrin and Faur had been dating for years before tying the knot in 2023. In 2019, they attended the Living Legends of Aviation awards together. The same year, they appeared alongside President Trump in the Oval Office to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the moon landing.
“When I met Anca I instantly recognized that here was a woman who is the whole “Wizard of Oz” package: Brains. Heart. Courage,” Aldrin told People magazine a few months after their wedding in 2023.
Adrin had been married three times before wedding Faur in 2023, first to Joan Archerin in 1954, to Beverly Van Zile in 1975 and to Lois Driggs Cannon in 1988.
