Gabby Giffords’ husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, speaks about gun control during Sarasota visit
Sarasota, Florida – American astronaut Mark Kelly has been in space four times, flew in combat missions during the Gulf War, is a prostate cancer survivor and is a best-selling author. Kelly’s new mission: fighting for better gun control. It’s a topic he focuses on during a lecture in Sarasota. Kelly is the guest speaker […]
Astronaut Mark Kelly Visits Sarasota
Sarasota Magazine For the fourth date in this year’s Town Hall series, the Ringling College Library Association welcomed Captain Mark Kelly—astronaut, retired U.S. Navy captain, prostate cancer survivor and husband of former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was the victim of an assassination attempt in January 2011. Kelly’s life reads a like a well-written novel, […]
Mark Kelly sees hope in solving gun violence issue
By CARL MARIO NUDI Bradenton Herald SARASOTA — Mark Kelly, retired NASA astronaut, Navy veteran and husband of former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, spoke Monday about his efforts to control gun violence in America. At the press conference before his highly inspirational talk Monday in the Ringling College Library Association Town Hall Lecture Series, Kelly […]
Gabrielle Giffords has macabre sense of humor, husband says
By Billy Cox Herald-Tribune SARASOTA – Inevitably, when guests visit their home in Tucson, Ariz., for the first time, Gabrielle Giffords will display a macabre twist of humor. “She’ll go over to the freezer,” her husband, retired astronaut Mark Kelly, told a full house Monday morning at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, “pull out […]
