Lady Louise Mary Rose Hillary

Birth: 3 Sep 1930
Auckland, New Zealand
Death: 31 Mar 1975 (aged 44)
Kathmandu, Kathmandu District, Bagmati, Nepal
Burial: Cremated. Specifically: Cremated at Hindu non-caste site on the banks of the Bagmati River Add to Map
Memorial ID: 227288276 View Source

Louise was the first wife of mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary, who was the first, along with Tenzing Norgay, to the summit of Mt. Everest in 1953. Louise was killed along with her daughter when their plane crashed immediately after taking off from Kathmandu.

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Sir Edmund Percival Hillary

1919–2008 (m. 1953)

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Belinda Mary Hillary

1959–1975

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