Ronald E. Evans, Apollo 17 command module pilot on man's last trip to the moon, died of a heart attack at his Arizona home Saturday. He was 56.

The former astronaut died in his sleep and was found by his wife, Janet, his mother-in-law, Marge Pollom of Sun City, told the The Topeka Capital-Journal.Evans called his December 1972 flight to the moon "the best experience I ever had in my life."

He left the astronaut program in 1977 to become an officer with Western American Energy Corp. in Scottsdale, Ariz.

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