Halvorsen died Wednesday following a brief illness in his home state of Utah, surrounded by his children, James Stewart, the director of the Gail S. Halvorsen Aviation Foundation, said.
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Col. Gail "Candy Bomber" S. Halvorsen, a pilot that dropped 23 tons of candy during the Berlin Airlift to starving German children, has passed away at 101.