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IN PICS | Archbishop Desmond Tutu lived a full life

By SOWETANLIVE - 26 December 2021 - 10:24
Rev. Desmond Tutu, Anglican Dean of Johannesburg in 1975.
Rev. Desmond Tutu, Anglican Dean of Johannesburg in 1975.
Image: Sunday Times

Nobel Peace Prize recipient Archbishop Desmond Tutu has died, the presidency announced on Sunday morning.

Tutu, the last surviving laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize in the country, died in Cape Town, minister in the presidency Mondli Gungubele said in a statement.

He was 90.

Bishop Desmond Tutu (centre), with Reverend Mvume Dandala and Reverend Joakim Khanyile at a peace rally at Vosloorus.
Bishop Desmond Tutu (centre), with Reverend Mvume Dandala and Reverend Joakim Khanyile at a peace rally at Vosloorus.
Image: Herbert Mabuza. 11/09/1993.
Bishop Desmond Tutu at the TRC hearings.
Bishop Desmond Tutu at the TRC hearings.
Image: Jon Hrusa. 26/11/00. © Sunday Times.
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu inside the St.Georges Cathedral in an interview.
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu inside the St.Georges Cathedral in an interview.
Image: ESA ALEXANDER 23/07/2010.
October 07, 2015. Archbishop Desmond Tutu celebrates his birthday with his granddaughters, left, Onalenna and Nyaniso during the 5th Annual International Desmond Tutu Peace Lecture at the University of Western Cape in Cape Town
October 07, 2015. Archbishop Desmond Tutu celebrates his birthday with his granddaughters, left, Onalenna and Nyaniso during the 5th Annual International Desmond Tutu Peace Lecture at the University of Western Cape in Cape Town
Image: Esa Alexander.
July 10, 2016. Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu sings a hymn wife his wife Leah Tutu during a special 40th Episcopal Thanksgiving service held in his honour at the Cathedral of St Mary the Virgin Anglican Church of Southern Africa in Johannesburg.
July 10, 2016. Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu sings a hymn wife his wife Leah Tutu during a special 40th Episcopal Thanksgiving service held in his honour at the Cathedral of St Mary the Virgin Anglican Church of Southern Africa in Johannesburg.
Image: Ihsaan Haffejee
Britain's Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, holding her son Archie, meets Archbishop Desmond Tutu at the Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation in Cape Town, South Africa, September 25, 2019.
Britain's Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, holding her son Archie, meets Archbishop Desmond Tutu at the Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation in Cape Town, South Africa, September 25, 2019.
Image: TOBY MELVILLE
Archbishop Desmond Tutu in 1995.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu in 1995.
Image: Sunday Times.
3 September 2015: FW de Klerk visiting fellow Nobel Peace Laureate Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu in hospital.
3 September 2015: FW de Klerk visiting fellow Nobel Peace Laureate Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu in hospital.
Image: Benny Gool
Archbishop Desmond Tutu speaks during a memorial service for former South African President Nelson Mandela at Westminster Abbey in London March 3, 2014. Mandela died on December 5, 2013 at the age of 95.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu speaks during a memorial service for former South African President Nelson Mandela at Westminster Abbey in London March 3, 2014. Mandela died on December 5, 2013 at the age of 95.
Image: REUTERS/John Stillwell/Pool/File Photo
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu one of South Africa's most recognisable faces in the county cast his vote at his residents in Milnerton, Cape Town in 2019.
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu one of South Africa's most recognisable faces in the county cast his vote at his residents in Milnerton, Cape Town in 2019.
Image: ESA ALEXANDER/SUNDAY TIMES

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