Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin has lost his wife just two years after the couple got married.
Anca Faur, 66, died peacefully Tuesday night “with her husband and her son, Vlad Ghenciu by her side,” a post on Aldrin’s Facebook reads.
“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 post read.
“I am so fortunate to have found and married the love of my life,” Aldrin wrote in a statement. “She brought joy to everything we did together. I will miss her dearly.”
Her family requests privacy in their time of mourning. Additional details about her death were not immediately available.
Aldrin, 95, met Faur at a work event in December 2017, PEOPLE reported. The couple started dating in May 2018 and tied the knot on Jan. 20, 2023 — Aldrin’s 93rd birthday.
“It was a beautiful day,” Aldrin told the outlet last year. “We had decided on a private ceremony, as suitably intimate, just us and the stars in the sky.”
The retired astronaut also described Faur with “brains, heart [and] courage,” telling PEOPLE, “There is something special about her and the way we connect so well.”
Aldrin added that he had “never been happier in my life” and was “lucky beyond words” to be with her.
“She is the love of my life,” he continued, ”and we do everything together, from eating meals, planning projects and watching the world go by, to meeting with our two families and celebrating — as we are at this 55th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing.”
Aldrin has been married four times. He married his first wife, Joan Archer, in 1954. The couple shared three children — sons James and Andrew and daughter Janice.
Aldrin married his second wife, Beverly Van Zile, in 1975, following a divorce from Archer in 1974. However, Aldrin and Van Zile cut ties after three years.
Ten years later, the former aeronautical engineer married his third wife, Lois Driggs Cannon. They were together for 24 years before separating in 2012.
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