# Sir Edmund Hillary dead at 88

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 11, 2008, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sir-edmund-hillary-dead-at-88/433082 "2008-01-11T03:53:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sir-edmund-hillary-dead-at-88/433082/1 "2008-01-11T03:53:55Z")

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[http://www.stuff.co.nz/4351997a10.html](http://www.stuff.co.nz/4351997a10.html)

I guess we just lost another great ☹

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**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sir-edmund-hillary-dead-at-88/433082/2 "2008-01-11T04:06:11Z")

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