State Funeral Held For Sir Edmund Hillary(Louise Glover)

Prime Minister Helen Clark (R) sits alongside June, Lady Hillary (C) during the State Funeral for Sir Edmund Hillary at St Marys Church on January 22, 2008 in Auckland, New Zealand. Hillary is best known for being the first climber to reach the summit of Mount Everest along with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay in 1953. Hillary died from a heart attack on 11 January 2008, he was 88 years old.

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