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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning icon, an uncompromising foe of the countrys past racist policy of apartheid and a modern-day activist for racial justice and

Desmond Tutu, South Africas Nobel Peace Prize-winning icon, an uncompromising foe of the country's past racist policy of apartheid and a modern-day activist for racial justice and LGBT rights, died Sunday at 90. South Africans, world leaders and people around the globe mourned the death of the man viewed as the country's moral conscience.

Tutu was a Nobel Peace Prize winner, activist for racial justice and LGBT rights and the retired Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town.

Tutu was a Nobel Peace Prize winner, activist for racial justice and LGBT rights and the retired Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town.

Tutu was a Nobel Peace Prize winner, activist for racial justice and LGBT rights and the retired Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town.

Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning icon, an uncompromising foe of the country’s past racist policy of apartheid and a modern-day activist for racial justice and LGBT rights, died Sunday at 90. South Africans, world leaders and people around the globe mourned the death of the man viewed as the country’s moral conscience.

Tutu was a Nobel Peace Prize winner, activist for racial justice and LGBT rights and the retired Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town.

The outspoken Tutu was considered the nations conscience by both Black and white, an enduring testament to his faith and spirit of reconciliation in a divided nation.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning icon, an uncompromising foe of apartheid and a modern-day activist for racial justice and LGBT rights, died Sunday at 90.

The world has lost an international crusader for peace and reconciliation, but for SA it is much more than that. The country has lost its conscience and the North Star that had guided the nation since the 1980s. Desmond Mpilo Tutu rose to prominence as one of the fiercest opponents to the apartheid regime.