Nelson Mandela, the inspirational former South African president who guided his nation through the dramatic transition that marked the end of apartheid, died on XXXXXXX(Please Check). He was XX(age, please check).
Mandela, who led the African National Congress to power in South Africa’s first democratic election in 1994 and became the country’s first black president, had become increasingly frail.
He had been absent from politics for more than a decade, but continued to be revered with an almost mythical, saintly status in South Africa and beyond. In large part, that was a result of the manner in which he sought to embrace and reassure all South Africans– white and black – on walking to freedom after 27 years in prison.
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