[1] He was unable to complete his full term in office, dying of prostate cancer at age 71.
[2] Eyre was born and raised in Wyoming and graduated from Cheyenne East High School.
He attended Brigham Young University and San Bernardino Valley College where he received his degree in Aviation Sciences.
[3] Eyre joined the United States Army and served a tour in the Vietnam War flying a U-21 Ute transport aircraft in the aviation division of the Signal Corps.
After returning home, he worked on construction projects in Colorado before becoming a flight instructor in the San Francisco Bay Area of California.