and what was the reason for his death?
Heart failure
Edmund Hillary
On 22 April 2007, while on a trip to Kathmandu, Hillary suffered a fall, and was hospitalised after returning to New Zealand.
On 11 January 2008 he died of heart failure at Auckland City Hospital.
who was the 1st man to climb mount everest Sir Edmund Percival Hillary where is he from? New Zealand when was he born? Auckland, New Zealand was he a part of any war? Yeshe joined the RNZAF as a navigator in No. 6 Squadron RNZAF and later No. 5 Squadron RNZAF on Catalina flying boats. what is the rnzaf? It is the Royal New Zealand Air Force and when was this established? During World War II and what is its current strength? UNANSWERABLE what does their flag look like? UNANSWERABLE can you name some expeditions that hillary took? He reached the summit of Mount Ollivier and he was part of the British reconnaissance expedition to the mountain in 1951 as well as an unsuccessful attempt to climb Cho Oyu in 1952 where is this mount located? In the Canterbury region of New Zealand and what is the height of this mount? UNANSWERABLE how was hillary recognised by the public? He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, and he received the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal the same year did he ever contribute towards any charitable organisation? Yes towards Himalayan Trust, which he established when did he die? In 2008
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Edmund Hillary [SEP] Death
On 22 April 2007, while on a trip to Kathmandu, Hillary suffered a fall, and was hospitalised after returning to New Zealand. On 11 January 2008 he died of heart failure at Auckland City Hospital. Flags were lowered to half-mast on New Zealand public buildings and at Scott Base in Antarctica, and Prime Minister Helen Clark called Hillary's death a "profound loss to New Zealand". On 21 January, Hillary's casket was taken into Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland, to lie in state. A state funeral was held on 22 January 2008, after which his body was cremated. On 29 February 2008 most of his ashes were scattered in Auckland's Hauraki Gulf per his desire.