Sir Edmund Hillary, Everest Pioneer, Dies at 88

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Sir Edmund Hillary, Everest Pioneer, Dies at 88
Associated Press
January 10, 2008

The unassuming New Zealand beekeeper who conquered Mount Everest to win renown as one of the 20th century's greatest adventurers, died Friday. Sir Edmund Hilary was 88.
The lanky New Zealander devoted much of his life to aiding the mountain people of Nepal and took his fame in stride, preferring to be called Ed and considering himself an "ordinary person with ordinary qualities."
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