Ron Howard Honors Real-Life 'Apollo 13' Hero After Death originally appeared on Parade. Legendary actor and director Ron Howard, 71, paid a heartfelt tribute to the real-life hero behind his ...

The Apollo 13 space mission in April 1970 riveted the public as NASA successfully saved the three astronauts onboard after a mid-flight equipment malfunction. The survival tale has inspired several ...

Tom Hanks paid touching tribute to "Apollo 13" astronaut Jim Lovell on Friday as news of the 97-year-old's death circulated online. The Oscar-winning actor starred in Ron Howard's Oscar-winning 1995 ...

CHICAGO - Apollo 13 commander James Lovell, who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly engineering, has died. He was 97 years old. Apollo 13 commander James Lovell has died at ...

Ron Howard’s 1995 film Apollo 13 is one of the best movies of the ‘90s, winning two Academy Awards (but not Best Picture) from nine nominations. The fact that it’s based on the real-life doomed moon ...

CUSTOM ALERTS FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. HE’S A REAL LIFE HERO BEHIND ONE OF HOLLYWOOD’S MOST ICONIC STORIES. ASTRONAUT JAMES LOVELL HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 97. HE SERVED AS COMMANDER OF THE INFAMOUS ...

Tom Hanks is honoring astronaut James Lovell, who died on Thursday, Aug. 7 at age 97. Lovell’s daughter-in-law confirmed the news to The New York Times. Hanks, 69, played Lovell in the 1995 movie ...

The real problem, however, is that it's completely wrong. Astronaut Jim Lovell, who uttered the famous line, died on Thursday at the age of 97. It's worth taking a minute to correct this part of ...

Tom Hanks as Jim Lovell in "Apollo 13" (Credit: Universal Pictures) Tom Hanks paid touching tribute to “Apollo 13” astronaut Jim Lovell on Friday as news of the 97-year-old’s death circulated online.