Captain Tom Moore, the World War II veteran who walked into the hearts of a nation in 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 Tuesday in a tweet with his photo, noting that his death was in 2021.
Captain Tom, set out to raise 1,000 pounds for Britain's NHS 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 33 million pounds.
