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LONDON, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Captain Tom Moore, the British World War Two veteran who raised millions of pounds for health service workers on the frontline of the battle against COVID-19, has died aged 100, his family said on Tuesday.
Below is a statement from Hannah and Lucy, daughters of Captain Sir Tom Moore:
“It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our dear father, Captain Sir Tom Moore.
“We are so grateful that we were with him during the last hours of his life; Hannah, Benjie and Georgia by his bedside and Lucy on FaceTime. We spent hours chatting to him, reminiscing about our childhood and our wonderful mother. We shared laughter and tears together.
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Captain Tom became an overnight sensation for the positive role he played during the first UK lockdown.
He soon found himself rubbing shoulders with celebrities, even teaming up with singer Michael Ball for a cover of You ll Never Walk Alone which reached the UK Number 1.
Sir Tom was knighted by the Queen, wrote a book about his life and it was also announced Hollywood was taking on a film about his life.
After news of the biopic broke, Sir Tom quipped: I don t know of any 100-year-old actors but I m sure Michael Caine or Anthony Hopkins could do a wonderful job if they were prepared to age up!
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(Reuters) - Tributes poured in on Tuesday following the death of Captain Tom Moore, 100, the British World War Two veteran who raised millions of pounds for health service workers on the frontline of the battle against COVID-19.
People leave flowers at the entrance of The Coach House, the residence of Captain Sir Tom Moore, after his family announced that the centenarian fundraiser died, in Marston Moretaine near Milton Keynes, Britain, February 2, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
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Buckingham Palace said the queen, who knighted Captain Tom in July, would be sending a private message to his family.
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(Reuters) - Captain Tom Moore, the British World War Two veteran who raised millions of pounds for health service workers on the frontline of the battle against COVID-19, has died aged 100.
FILE PHOTO: Retired British Army Captain Tom Moore, 99, poses after he continued to raise money for health workers, by attempting to walk the length of his garden one hundred times before his 100th birthday this month as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, Marston Moretaine, Britain, April 15, 2020. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra/File Photo
Below are some facts about Captain Tom, as he is known to the British public.
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Captain Tom Moore, the British World War Two veteran who raised over £38.9 million for health service workers on the frontline of the battle against COVID-19, has died aged 100, his family said on Tuesday, the Agence France Presse (AFP) reported.
“It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our dear father, Captain Sir Tom Moore,” his daughters said in a statement.
Moore struck a chord with locked-down Britain by walking around his garden with the help of a walking frame to raise 38.9 million pounds for the National Health Service.