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Tenzing Norgay
Dead
Born: 5/29/1914 in Tengboche, NepalDied: 3/9/1986
Age: 71
Cause of death: brain hemorrhage
Full name: Namgyal Wangdi
Noted For: accompanied Edmund Hillary on the first successful climb of Mount Everest on 29 May 1953. He only knew that he was born in late May and decided to celebrate 29 May as his birthday after accomplishing the climb.
