Edmund Hillary, who gained worldwide fame after he and guide Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, has died after suffering a heart attack. January 21, 2008 ...

Sir Edmund Hillary, the unassuming beekeeper who conquered Mount Everest to win renown as one of the 20th century's greatest adventurers, has died, New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark announced ...

The son of New Zealand beekeepers, Edmund Hillary developed a love of mountain climbing at a young age. And in the 1950s, he had the opportunity to join British expeditions with the goal of climbing ...

(The summit of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953. Photo by Edmund Hillary, Royal Geographic Society) Hillary became an environmental activist and tried to repay the Sherpas for their assistance in his ...

Sir Edmund Hillary, the unassuming beekeeper who conquered Mount Everest to win renown as one of the 20th century's greatest adventurers, has died.

Sir Edmund Hillary, the famed climber and adventurer who became one of the first climbers to scale the peak of Mt. Everest, died Thursday at age 88. The NewsHour speaks to David Breashears, a ...

Hillary Step was named after Sir Edmund Hillary who was the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953. Ed was a New Zealand mountaineer who served in the Royal New Zealand Air Force as a ...

Sir Edmund Hillary, the unassuming New Zealand beekeeper who defied the failed efforts of countless climbers to conquer Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain, has died. He was 88.

The ascent of Mount Everest by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in 1953 was one of the greatest human achievements of ...

Edmund Hillary, who gained worldwide fame after he and guide Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, has died after suffering a heart attack.