Captain Moore, UK veteran who walked for Covid fundraising, dies at 100

Feb 02, 2021 23:01 IST

Capt. Tom Moore, the World War II veteran who won hearts during Covid-19 lockdown as he shuffled up and down his garden to raise money for healthcare workers, has died after testing positive for Covid-19. He was 100. His family announced Moore's death on Tuesday in a tweet with his photo, noting that his death was in 2021. Captain Tom, as he became known in newspaper headlines set out to raise 1,000 pounds for Britain''s National Health Service by walking 100 laps of his backyard. But his quest went viral and caught the imagination of millions stuck at home during the first wave of the pandemic. Donations poured in from across Britain and as far away as the United States and Japan, raising some USD 40 million.