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1919 – 2008Sir Edmund Hillary (1919-2008)Died 11 January 2008, aged 88New Zealand mountaineer and explorer who, with Tenzing Norgay, made the first confirmed ascent of Mount Everest in 1953. He spent much of his later life supporting humanitarian projects in Nepal.