“WWll pilot and longtime Grass Valley resident Chuck Yeager has died, according to his wife, who tweeted through her late husband’s account. He was 97,” as KCRA and others are reporting.
“‘It is w/ profound sorrow, I must tell you that my life love General Chuck Yeager passed just before 9pm ET,’ Victoria Yeager said in her tweet.
“Yeager known for his many record-setting feats in the sky, including becoming the first pilot to break the sound barrier in 1947.
“General Yeager was inducted into the California Hall of Fame in 2009.”
The New York Times version is here.
Jeff Pelline's Sierra Foothills Report 
Sam Shepard as Chuck Yeager in The Right Stuff is here: https://youtu.be/ABdJcpoOakU