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Saturday, January 12, 2008

Sir Edmund Hillary dies at 88

Sir Edmund Hillary has died aged 88.He passed away at Auckland City Hospital at 9am this morning. Sir Edmund shot to international stardom as 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…

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