Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, is certified dead at the age of 41 in 1939 after going missing over the Pacific Ocean in 1937.
Back in the United States, Putnam took steps to become the executor of Earhart's estate in order to pay for the searches and related expenses. In probate court in Los Angeles, Putnam sought that the seven-year waiting time for Earhart's "declared death in absentia" be relaxed so that he could manage Earhart's funds. The Navy decided in its official report at the time that Earhart and Noonan had run out of fuel, crashed into the Pacific, and perished. On the 5th of January 1939, 18 months after her disappearance, a court order declared Earhart legally dead.
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