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 WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Mountaineering legend Sir Edmund Hillary, best known for conquering Mount Everest, is in a New Zealand hospital after a fall, media reported Tuesday.
Hillary, 87, who along with sherpa Tenzing Norgay were the first men to climb the world's tallest peak in 1953, is believed to have fallen during the weekend, the New Zealand Herald newspaper's Web site reported.
Lady June Hillary said in a statement Tuesday that her husband was admitted to a hospital after the couple returned from a visit to Nepal on Sunday.
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