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The world loses a hero as COVID claims life of the unstoppable Captain Tom
Wednesday February 03, 2021
Captain Tom Moore, the British World War II veteran who lifted a nation’s spirits by raising millions of pounds for health workers battling coronavirus, has died aged 100 after contracting COVID-19.
Captain Tom Moore has tested positive for Coronavirus. (Photo: Cpl Robert Weidemane/MoD, Crown Copyright via AP)
Moore struck a chord with locked-down Britain by walking around his garden with the help of a frame to raise 38.9 million pounds ($A70 million) for the National Health Service.
His endeavour and wit spread joy amid the grim news of the coronavirus…
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