Thursday, January 10, 2008

Sir Edmund Hillary

The New Zealand Herald (11:37AM Friday January 11, 2008, Sir Edmund Hillary dies at 88) has Sir Edmund Hillary's obituary, biography:

Sir Edmund Hillary has died aged 88.

Sir Edmund shot to international stardom when he was the first man to scale Mt Everest in 1953.

Prime Minister Helen Clark today described Sir Edmund as the best-known New Zealander to have ever lived and said his passing was a profound loss to New Zealand....

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