An Ohio hospital paid the estate of astronaut Neil Armstrong $6M in a confidential agreement to settle allegations that post-surgical complications led to Armstrong's 2012 death, according to court documents.
was celebrated Saturday. He died Aug. 25, 2012.
"However, the hospital, on behalf of itself and the health care providers, agreed to a confidential settlement of $6 million to avoid the publicity the Estate might have initiated on behalf of certain members of the family if settlement had not been reached," the document said. In an email statement to The Associated Press, she added:"The public nature of these details is very disappointing — both for our ministry and the patient's family who had wished to keep this legal matter private."
Carol Armstrong told the New York Times she signed off on the settlement in her role as executor but received no part of it.
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