Fmed astronomer dies, Sir Patrick Moore
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TV astronomer Sir Patrick Moore dies
Dec. 9, 2012, 8:29 AM EST
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Legendary British astronomer Sir Patrick Moore, host of BBC's "The Sky at Night," has died at the age of 89.
Moore passed away on Sunday at his home in West Sussex, England, after failing to recover from an infection.
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A statement from Moore's family reads: "After a short spell in hospital last week, it was determined that no further treatment would benefit him, and it was his wish to spend his last days in his own home... in the company of close friends and carers and his cat Ptolemy... Over the past few years, Patrick, an inspiration to generations of astronomers, fought his way back from many serious spells of illness and continued to work and write at a great rate, but this time his body was too weak to overcome the infection which set in a few weeks ago."
Moore was a close friend of Queen guitarist and keen astronomer Brian May, who paid tribute to his pal in a statement, which reads, "(He was a) dear friend and a kind of father figure to me... Patrick will be mourned by the many to whom he was a caring uncle, and by all who loved the delightful wit and clarity of his writings, or enjoyed his fearlessly eccentric persona in public life. Patrick is irreplaceable. There will never be another Patrick Moore. But we were lucky enough to get one."
A truly great figure and amazing man. I bolded the part that may be of keen interests to those looking at the UK healthcare system and its cost cutting methods for a consideration of how our obamacare will handle such cases--example--as in "death panels" etc. . Perhaps that determination was made with far more consideration of the costs than the welfare and best interests of the patient. We will likely never know the rightness of the decision made! Notice it did not say his family made that determination or even that he did.
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