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John Basil Gantt Sr.

Washington, District of Columbia

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  John Basil Gantt, Sr.  John Basil Gantt, Sr. passed away peacefully on August 14, 2017 after battling dementia. John was born March 12, 1939 to Floyd Muse and Edith Leslie Mack Gantt in Washington, DC and raised on the family farm, Rokeby, in McLean, VA. Mr. Gantt graduated from Fairfax...

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David A. Eggers

On behalf of the International Institute of Space Law, I want to express our condolences to John's family and thanks for all the work John did for the IISL. John judged our Space Law Moot Court Competition for many years and helped start it in 1992. In many ways, John was a pioneer in the fields of space and telecom law. We miss John.

So sorry for your loss. John was an exemplar of the vanishing breed of Virginia Gentlemen.. we are diminished by his passing.

I am sorry for your loss. May the God of comfort be with you during your time of mourning. Isaiah 61:1,2 ; Matthew 5:4