Sir Patrick Moore, who has died aged 89, was to space what Sir David Attenborough is to nature: a huge authority on his subject but also a massive television personality with the ability to make a complicated subject popular.
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Sir Patrick Moore
Astronomer;
Born: March 4, 1923; Died: December 9, 2012.
Sir Patrick Moore, who has died aged 89, was to space what Sir David Attenborough is to nature: a huge authority on his subject but also a massive television personality with the ability to make a complicated subject popular.
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