JODIE Kidd has joined hundreds of celebrities paying tribute to Captain Sir Toom Moore.
The Sussex supermodel runs the Half Moon pub in Kirdford, near Billingshurst, paid an emotional tribute to the Second World War veteran on Instagram.
Posting a photo of the 100-year-old, Kidd said Capt Sir Tom was a "wonderful man".
She said: "Heart is aching.
"Rest in peace, you wonderful man".
The veteran and charity fundraiser died in Bedford Hospital on Tuesday morning after testing positive for coronavirus.
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Last year, the decorated veteran set out to raise funds for the NHS by walking 100 circuits of his Bedfordshire garden in Marston Moretaine by his 100th birthday on April 30, 2020.
The initial fundraising target was £1,000. When the final count was made the amount was close to an astonishing £33 million.
Dylan Jones, editor-in-chief of GQ, said: “Captain Tom was one of the heroes of 2020, and he was the first person we thought of celebrating when we started planning last year’s Men Of The Year Awards.
“Not only was he the oldest person ever to grace our cover, he was one of the most gracious.
He was a hero, a genuine old-fashioned hero, and I feel blessed that we were in his orbit, albeit for a very brief time.”
Captain Sir Tom Moore was honoured with the magazine’s Inspiration Award at their annual GQ Men Of The Year Awards last year.
He also made history, aged 100, as the oldest British GQ cover star in the magazine’s 33-year history.
BBC presenter Victoria Derbyshire said Sir Tom “will never, ever be forgotten”.
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