Nelson Mandela is dead!
Nelson Mandela, the revered statesman who emerged from prison after 27 years to lead South Africa out of decades of apartheid, has died, South African President Jacob Zuma announced late Thursday.
Mandela was 95.
"He is now resting. He is now at peace," Zuma said. "Our nation has lost its greatest son. Our people have lost a father."
The former president battled health issues in recent months, Including a recurring lung infection that led to numerous hospitalizations. With advancing age and bouts of illness, Mandela retreated to a quiet life at his boyhood home in the nation's Eastern Cape Province, where he said he was most at peace.
Mandela was 95.
"He is now resting. He is now at peace," Zuma said. "Our nation has lost its greatest son. Our people have lost a father."
The former president battled health issues in recent months, Including a recurring lung infection that led to numerous hospitalizations. With advancing age and bouts of illness, Mandela retreated to a quiet life at his boyhood home in the nation's Eastern Cape Province, where he said he was most at peace.
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and Died a Legend at a very Ripe age... Africa won't
Mourn your Demise, we would rather Celebrate the life
you lived. A life that should be a
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updating it, But ve u ask yourself if i die today
what will i be remebered for? how many people
will miss me? LET US MAKE OURSELVES A HERO
NOW SO THAT WHEN WE RE GONE WE WILLL
ALSO BE REMEBERED LYK NELSON MANDELA.
R.I.P NELSEN