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I have to admit I do get a bit depressed at times and you know I think about the good old days when I was charging ahead.

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Edmund Hillary
Age: 88 †
Born: 1919
Born: July 20
Died: 2008
Died: January 11
Autobiographer
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Tāmaki Makaurau
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary
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