Rene Carpenter

Rene Carpenter
Carpenter at a press conference in 1962
Born
Rene Louise Mason

(1928-04-12)April 12, 1928
Clinton, Iowa, U.S.
DiedJuly 24, 2020(2020-07-24) (aged 92)
Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Occupation(s)Newspaper columnist and local television host
Spouses
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(m. 1948; div. 1972)​
Lester H. Shor
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(m. 1977)​

Rene[A] 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.

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