Article 5DN3T Capt Sir Tom Moore dies at 100 after testing positive for Covid

Capt Sir Tom Moore dies at 100 after testing positive for Covid

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Caroline Davies and Yohannes Lowe
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The Queen leads tributes to second world war veteran who was knighted after raising 38.9m for NHS

The Queen has led tributes to Capt Sir Tom Moore, the second world war veteran who raised almost 39m for NHS charities during the first coronavirus lockdown in spring 2020, who has died aged 100 after testing positive for coronavirus.

In a statement, his daughters, Hannah Ingram-Moore and Lucy Teixeira, said: It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our dear father, Capt 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.

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