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Title: Captain Tom has died of Covid-19
Post by: grumbler on February 02, 2021, 04:45:16 PM

He was 100. WW2 vet and champion fundraiser for the NHS.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/02/02/capt-tom-wwii-vet-and-uk-fundraising-hero-dies-at-100/ (https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/02/02/capt-tom-wwii-vet-and-uk-fundraising-hero-dies-at-100/)

Title: Re: Captain Tom has died of Covid-19
Post by: HisMajestyBOB on February 02, 2021, 05:12:49 PM

:(
BBC was reporting that he couldn't get the vaccine because he had pneumonia.

Title: Re: Captain Tom has died of Covid-19
Post by: PDH on February 02, 2021, 05:38:58 PM

I saw that this morning - RIP, Captain Sir Tom Moore.

Title: Re: Captain Tom has died of Covid-19
Post by: KRonn on February 02, 2021, 07:56:12 PM

I saw this story this week. I saw a pic of him being knighted by the Queen, he was old at the time. RIP.

Title: Re: Captain Tom has died of Covid-19
Post by: merithyn on February 02, 2021, 11:27:08 PM

Quote from: KRonn on February 02, 2021, 07:56:12 PM
I saw this story this week. I saw a pic of him being knighted by the Queen, he was old at the time. RIP.

He was just knighted in July 2020, so yes. Very old.

Title: Re: Captain Tom has died of Covid-19
Post by: jimmy olsen on February 03, 2021, 03:17:06 AM

Awful news, but at least he lived a full life. RIP

Title: Re: Captain Tom has died of Covid-19
Post by: Richard Hakluyt on February 03, 2021, 03:22:18 AM

Really lovely man, sorry to see him go. RIP.

Title: Re: Captain Tom has died of Covid-19
Post by: Josquius on February 03, 2021, 04:16:58 AM

Well that sucks. Sad ending to what has been quite a year for him.

I guess to make a positive from a sad situation it is a timely reminder that though the end seems in sight its far from over.

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