Everest legend Edmund Hillary dies

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Do you know about the first person to reach the top of mount Everest? He is Edmund Hillary and now he has left us. I learned about him when I was still in my primary school and was amazed to read about his experience climbing the Everest. "New Zealander Hillary, who was 88, died at Auckland City Hospital on Friday morning at 0900 local time, Hillary family spokesman Mark Sainsbury said. "He had been in good form and been looking forward to coming home, and had remained in good spirits to the end," Sainsbury said in a statement issued by the Hillary family." Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/01/10/edmund.hillary/index.html