SOUTH Africa's Archbishop Desmond Tutu dies, aged 90

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Source: Reuters

JOHANNESBURG, Dec 26 (Reuters) - Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and veteran of South Africa's struggle against white minority rule, has died aged 90, the presidency said on Sunday.

Tutu was diagnosed with prostate cancer in the late 1990s and in recent years he was hospitalized on several occasions to treat infections associated with his cancer treatment.

"Ultimately, at the age of 90, he died peacefully at the Oasis Frail Care Centre in Cape Town this morning," Dr Ramphela Mamphele, acting chairperson of the Archbishop Desmond Tutu IP Trust and Co-ordinator of the Office of the Archbishop, said in a statement on behalf of the Tutu family.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/south-africas-archbishop-desmond-tutu-dies-aged-90-2021-12-26/

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1. Sigh. A Hero to his Country and the World. Cross gently Bishop Tutu.

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2. A great man has left us. Sleep in heavenly peace, Bishop Tutu.

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3. 🕯️May he rest in peace

Oddly enough, de Klerk, passed away last month.

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4. ...

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5. Just heard this on the radio

I hadn't heard his name brought up much recently and given his condition and COVID-19, I know they would have had to have kept him squirreled away.

He spent a lifetime battling Apartheid and finally got to see it succumb.

Rest in Peace. X

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6. RIP

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7. RIP Bishop Tutu - you changed a nation and lifetimes!

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8. Archbishop Tutu had a true servant's heart.

Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord. And may perpetual light shine upon him.

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9. R.I.P.

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10. A beautiful soul,

who made a great difference.

Gentle crossing, kind sir. You have left a great mark.

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11. Sad. Wonderful man.

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12. Desmond Tutu, South African equality activist, dies at 90

Link to tweet

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice and LGBT rights and retired Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, has died, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Sunday. He was 90.

An uncompromising foe of apartheid — South Africa’s brutal regime of oppression against the Black majority — Tutu worked tirelessly, though non-violently, for its downfall.

The buoyant, blunt-spoken clergyman used his pulpit as the first Black bishop of Johannesburg and later Archbishop of Cape Town as well as frequent public demonstrations to galvanize public opinion against racial inequity both at home and globally.

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13. Sad. Truly a beautiful soul. Rest in peace Bishp.

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14. May he rest in peace.

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15. Rest In Power, Desmond Tutu.

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16. May Archbishop Tutu and his legacy always be remembered.

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17. May his memory be a blessing. Cross gently good man.

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18. RIP

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20. Memory eternal

May his soul find rest in a place of green pastures. Amen.

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21. Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu were poor blacks who grew up in Soweto, South Africa.

They came from nothing, and left a lasting mark on the world. They were voices for human rights and racial justice. We must not forget them.