Moon walking astronaut Alan Bean, dies at the age of 86

https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/spacesuits/historygallery/ap-nov69.html

Apollo 12 astronaut, Alan Bean has died at the age of 86 on the 26th May 2018. Bean was the fourth man to walk on the moon and went to space twice. Bean was a test pilot in the US Navy and was one of fourteen trainees chosen by NASA. In 1969 he was the pilot for the second moon landing mission, Apollo 12 and his second visit to space was in 1973 commanding the crew for Skylab space station.

He left Nasa in 1981 to the surprise of his colleagues, to become a full time artist. His paintings are inspired by space and capture his life and journey. The commission price was $45,000 each and he was known to stamp them with the Apollo boot model.

Bean had once said "I believe that 100, 200, 300 years from now all these paintings will be around, because they’re the first paintings of humans doing things off this Earth," He also said “I think I would like to be remembered in the end as an astronaut and an artist, - everyone can do more than one thing with his life.”

With the passing of Bean, only four remaining people are alive who have walked on the moon. This includes Buzz Aldrin aged 88; Dave Scott, 85; Charlie Duke, 82; and Harrison Schmitt, 82.

Source
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44268960
https://news.sky.com/story/moonwalker-and-space-artist-alan-bean-dies-11386775