The great adventurer Sir Edmund Hillary has died at the age of 88.
Sir Ed's health had been in decline since April, after he suffered a fall while in Nepal.
Hillary was the first man to climb Everest with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay in 1953. They never repeated the feat and in an interview with Reuters in early 2007, Sir Ed said the pair had discussed the possibility of climbing Everest again, but he felt there was little virtue in climbing it many times.
Sir Edmund is survived by his wife lady June Hillary and two
children Peter and Sarah.
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