Chuck Yeager, the first man to break the speed of sound, has died Monday at the age of 97. 'It is w/ profound sorrow, I must tell you that my life love General Chuck Yeager passed just before 9pm ET,' his wife Victoria Scott D'Angelo posted on Twitter . 'An incredible life well lived, America's greatest Pilot, & a legacy of strength, adventure, & patriotism will be remembered forever,' she ...