Tom Moore, a British hero who …

Tom Moore, the 100-year-old English war veteran who Last year, he moved with his fundraising campaign against the coronavirus, he died on Tuesday victim of the disease.

Two days ago, he was hospitalized for treatment for pneumonia. He tested positive for covid-19 and died without receiving the vaccine, as he had received medication for pneumonia.

The World War II veteran won the affection of the British in April, shortly before blowing out 100 candles, when decided to raise £ 1,000 (around $ 1,300) for the National Health Service, the NHS for its acronym in English. With the help of his walker, Moore achieved his goal of circling his yard a hundred times. On April 30, he had a century of life.

The campaign lasted 24 days. During this time, “Captain Tom” completed the Hundred Towers and gave interviews that made him a celebrity, while far surpassing donations.

It has exceeded 1.5 million individual donations. The BBC named him Sports Personality of 2020 and recorded a cover of ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’, the song that has become an anthem for the Liverpool football team. This version reached number 1 in the ranking. Moore thus managed to be the oldest person to be number 1 in the music charts. The song was recorded with singer Michael Ball and a group of NHS nurses.

At the end of his hundred walks, with the mission accomplished, there were not a thousand pounds collected, but 32.7 million pounds. Queen Elizabeth decorated it at Windsor Castle.

Moore was a conscript at the start of World War II. He was stationed in India and Burma. In the latter destination, he contracted dengue. He returned to England in February 1945 and became a tank instructor.

After retiring from the army, he worked in a cement factory and participated in motorcycle races.

“When I started this exercise, I didn’t think I would make that much money,” he said when, averaging his 100-step challenge that he had won for himself, he had raised five million pounds.

“It’s really amazing. All the members of the National Health Service deserve what we can get. They’re all so brave. Because every morning or every night they put themselves in danger, and I think you have to give them maximum scores for this effort.We’re like we’re at war Doctors and nurses are on the front lines and we’re all late. We have to help them and make them work with whatever they need, so that they can do their jobs even better than they do now, ”he added.