It's a sad day. Only one of the original 7 are left.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/11/us/scott-carpenter-mercury-astronaut-who-orbited-earth-dies-at-88.html (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/11/us/scott-carpenter-mercury-astronaut-who-orbited-earth-dies-at-88.html)
That is sad. He and my wife attended the same High School and University (though many decades apart). He was a local hero.