Salt and flat are apposite words. The Salar de Uyuni is mostly regular old sodium chlorideâten billion tons of it, packed into a crust several feet thick. It is so uniformly flat that itâs where NASA goes to calibrate laser altimeters.
Singer Freddy Fender Dead at 69. Singer-songwriter Freddy Fender, acclaimed for his work as a solo artist and with the Texas Tornados, died Saturday (Oct. 14) at his home in Corpus Christi, Texas, following a lengthy battle with lung cancer. He was 69.
Dead: WWE Star Dies At 43. Posted: 02/19/2014 1:56 pm EST Updated: 02/20/2014 12:59 am EST. World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) star Nelson Frazier, Jr., has died. He was 43 years old. The WWE confirmed Frazier's death in a statement posted to the organization's website Wednesday, Feb. 19.