Archbishop Desmond Tutu has sadly died. The Nobel Peace prize laureate, known for helping to end apartheid in South Africa, has passed away at age 90, the BBC confirmed Sunday (December 26). Click inside to read more… Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa, issued a statement calling his death “another chapter of bereavement in our nation’s farewell to a generation of outstanding South Africans,” going on to say he helped to leave behind “a liberated South Africa,” and calling him “an iconic spiritual leader, anti-apartheid activist and global human rights campaigner.” He was a major player in ending the policy of racial segregation and discrimination enforced by the white minority government against the Black majority in South Africa
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