“CAPTAIN Tom,” the 100-year-old World War II veteran who raised millions for the U.K.’s National Health Service last year, died on Tuesday, just days after he tested positive for Covid-19, his family confirmed.
In a statement, his daughters Hannah Ingram-Moore and Lucy Teixeira said they were able to spend the last hours of his life with him, reminiscing about their childhood.
“We shared laughter and tears together,” Ingram-Moore said, adding that 2020 was “nothing short of remarkable” for her father.
Moore made international headlines last year when he began a fundraising campaign to support the NHS in April.
He pledged to walk 100 laps around his 50-yard-long garden before his 100th birthday, and initially hoped to raise 1,000 pounds ($1,244).
He ultimately raised 33 million pounds ($41 million) for the country’s health service.
On Sunday, Ingram-Moore said her father was being treated for pneumonia and had tested positive for the
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