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Sir Edmund Hillary July 20, 1919 - January 11, 2008
It has been confirmed that Sir Edmund Hillary passed away this morning at 9:00am in Auckland Hospital, aged 88. A truly iconic kiwi figure, his passing will be morned by many, from his family to people all around the world. His humble, generous, determined nature and larger than life achievements were inspirational to countless people.
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I just heard (and I'm not sure on this so I won't go too far)
That Sir Edmund Hillary has just passed away.
Is anyone else aware of this or do you know for sure?
I'm not normally into this kind of post but if it's true then I am saddened to hear of the loss of someone I believe to be a great New Zealander
Edit: As I have found this too be true, RIP, you will be missed.
Slapper?
Yep,RIP.Great New Zealander.
Be the person your dog thinks you are...
Pasta farts
Yep, tis true.
Rest in piece ya legend.
Forum whore
I wonder who knocked the bastard off?
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
parting of the sensory
Well, he was toldlessly old. He had a very good innings, and accomplished a lot, especially for the people of Nepal.
He was modest too:
"I was just an enthusiastic mountaineer of modest abilities who was willing to work quite hard and had the necessary imagination and determination. I was just an average bloke; it was the media that transformed me into a heroic figure. And try as I did, there was no way to destroy my heroic image. But as I learned through the years, as long as you didn’t believe all that rubbish about yourself, you wouldn’t come to much harm."
... and that's what I think.
Or summat.
Or maybe not...
Dunno really....
Wherever you go, there you are
Yes a true Kiwi icon from a time when we were allowed to be adventurous. RIP Sir Ed.
If you love it, let it go. If it comes back to you, you've just high-sided!
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Highway Biker
Bugger. A great role model. A great man.
Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam!
Po ta toes
A real loss, but the old fellas go when they're ready I guess. RIP Sir Edmund, hope there are many foot hills to climb in heaven.
Cougar Bait
RIP mate. At least he lived a full life and didn't exactly go before his time.
Peace hath higher tests of manhood
than battle ever knew.
Rest In Peace
At 88 years of age, the ol fella did better than most!
RIP Sir!
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Bogeyman
Bugger.
Do we have to give all our five dollar notes back?
Go soothingly on the grease mud, as there lurks the skid demon
Mad nagging bitch!
A humble dude.
A great loss.
RIP
There should be a national day of mourning for this old guy...and a new public holiday in his honour!
Diarrhoea is hereditary - it runs in your jeans
If my nose was running money, I'd blow it all on you...
Bogeyman
Don't know. *trundles off to the bank to stock up*
Deceased artists work?
Go soothingly on the grease mud, as there lurks the skid demon
Forum whore
There are none so famous as those who seek only to better themselves and better the lives of others. For no reward other than to see the smiling faces of those whose lives they've touched.
Not only a great NZer but a great man in the truest sense of the word. Climb well, Sir.
They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the evening,
we will remember them
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