Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and veteran of South Africa’s struggle against white minority rule, died on Sunday at the age of 90.
Summary
- In 1984 Tutu won the Nobel Peace Prize for his non-violent opposition to apartheid.
- “The passing of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is another chapter of bereavement in our nation’s farewell to a generation of outstanding South Africans who have bequeathed us a liberated South Africa,” President Cyril Ramaphosa said.
- “Desmond Tutu was a patriot without equal.”
- read more1/11 Archbishop Desmond Tutu laughs as crowds gather to celebrate his birthday by unveiling an arch in his honour outside St George’s Cathedral in Cape Town, South Africa, October 7, 2017.
- “His most characteristic quality is his readiness to take unpopular positions without fear,” Mandela once said of Tutu.