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One hundredth birthday greetings for "Captain Tom" in Piccadilly Circus in London
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The 100-year-old British record donor collector Tom Moore ("Captain Tom") is seriously ill with Covid-19.
His daughter announced this on Twitter.
Her father was taken to hospital with pneumonia.
"He's been home to this day, but needed extra help with breathing," she wrote.
Moore had raised almost 32.8 million British pounds (about 37 million euros) for the national health service NHS in the corona pandemic last year through a donation run with his walker.
Queen Elizabeth II then knighted him.
In addition, the World War II veteran was promoted by the captain to honorary colonel.
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Captain Tom, as he was still called by many, even stormed to the top of the UK charts with his own version of the soccer anthem “You'll Never Walk Alone”.
He recorded the song with British singer and actor Michael Ball and an NHS choir.
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