Veteran, Volunteer, and Hero: 100-year-old Sir Tom Moore dies of COVID-19
'03.02.2021'
Source: with the BBC
World War II veteran Sir Tom Moore, who was 100 years old, has died in the UK. In the spring, he helped raise almost £ 33 million to fight the coronavirus with a charity walker marathon in his own garden. with the BBC.
Sir Tom was admitted to a hospital in the English city of Bedford on Sunday with a diagnosis of pneumonia. A week ago, he was diagnosed with Covid-19.
April 30 Moore celebrated a centenary, having already become a hero of Britain by this time. On his birthday, he was given the honorary title of colonel, and the British Air Force congratulated him by flying over his home.
In the summer, Queen Elizabeth II knighted Tom Moore.
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“Last year, Her Majesty was delighted to welcome Captain Sir Tom and his family to Windsor,” Buckingham Palace said in a statement on the veteran’s passing. “Today, she and the other members of the royal family, with her thoughts along with his family, pay tribute to the way he inspired the entire British people and the whole world.”
“We are deeply saddened to announce the death of our dear father, Captain Sir Tom Moore,” his daughters said in a joint statement. - We are happy that we could be with him in the last hours of his life, we spent many hours in conversation, remembering our childhood and our beautiful mother. We laughed together and cried together. "
“The last year of our father's life was truly wonderful, he literally got younger, he experienced things that he could not even dream of. And although his fame was short-lived, he was a wonderful father and grandfather and will forever remain in our hearts, ”the girls wrote.
The Prime Minister of the country also expressed his condolences to the veteran's family.
“Captain Sir Tom Moore was a hero in the truest sense of the word,” said Boris Johnson. “During the difficult times of World War II, he fought for freedom, and in the face of the most difficult post-war crisis, he united and encouraged us all, becoming the personification of the strength of the human spirit.”
