of sir edmund percival hillary rip (20 july 1919 – 11 january 2008)

Sir Edmund Percival Hillary (20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008)

Everest hero Edmund Hillary dies: Sir Edmund Hillary, the first climber to scale the world's highest peak, Mount Everest, has died aged 88. New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark described the explorer as a heroic figure and said all New Zealanders would deeply mourn his passing. Sir Edmund's health had reportedly been in decline since April, when he suffered a fall while visiting Nepal. He was the first man to climb the 8,850m (29,035ft) peak, with Tenzing Norgay, on 29 May 1953.

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