Archbishop Desmond Tutu, South African anti-apartheid leader, dies at 90

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, South African anti-apartheid leader, dies at 90

(SOUTH AFRICA) World News:  According To CNN Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Anglican cleric whose good humor, inspiring message and conscientious work for civil and human rights made him a revered leader during the struggle to end apartheid in his native South Africa, has died. He was 90.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu dies at 90 | 11alive.com
In a statement confirming his death on Sunday, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa expressed his condolences to Tutu’s family and friends, calling him “a patriot without equal.”
 ”A man of extraordinary intellect, integrity and invincibility against the forces of apartheid, he was also tender and vulnerable in his compassion for those who had suffered oppression, injustice and violence under apartheid, and oppressed and downtrodden people around the world,” Ramaphosa said. Checkout the full article at Cnn.com 
Condolences on the Passing of Archbishop Desmond Tutu - U.S. Embassy & Consulates in South Africa
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