BREAKING NEWS: Sir Patrick Moore, 89, Dies At Home

	BREAKING NEWS: Sir Patrick Moore, 89, Dies At Home British astronomer and broadcaster Sir Patrick Moore has died at his home at the age of 89, a group of his friends and staff say. The broadcaster "passed away peacefully at 12.25pm this afternoon", in Selsey, West Sussex, they said in a statement. It added: "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, Farthings, where he today passed on, in the company of close friends and carers and his cat Ptolemy." Sir Patrick, who celebrated the 55th anniversary of his programme, The Sky At Night, in April, had battled ill health in recent years. The stargazer had been using a wheelchair and was unable to look through a telescope. He died after failing to fight an infection. The statement went on: "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. "He was able to perform on his world record-holding TV Programme The Sky at Night right up until the most recent episode. "His executors and close friends plan to fulfil his wishes for a quiet ceremony of interment, but a farewell event is planned for what would have been Patrick's 90th birthday in March 2013." Queen guitarist Brian May paid tribute to a "dear friend and a kind of father figure to <b>...</b>	From: you7uber Views: 26 2 ratings
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