http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080111/ap_on_re_au_an/obit_edmund_hillary_6
Sir Edmund Hillary has died; The world is one class act poorer.
Unlike many climbers, Hillary said when he died he had no desire to have his remains left on a mountain. He wanted his ashes scattered on Waitemata Harbor in the northern city of Auckland where he lived his life.
“To be washed gently ashore, maybe on the many pleasant beaches near the place I was born. Then the full circle of my life will be complete,” he said.