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The buoyant, blunt-spoken clergyman used his pulpit as the first Black bishop of Johannesburg and later Archbishop of Cape Town as well as frequent public demonstrations to galvanize public opinion against racial inequity both at home and globally.

JOHANNESBURG — 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. South Africans, world leaders and people around the globe mourned the death of the man viewed as the countrys moral conscience.

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

Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama on Sunday condoled the death of South Africa Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

He was extraordinary: Tributes pour in for Desmond Tutu who died aged 90

South Africa's president says Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice and LGBT rights and the retired Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, has died at the age of 90.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday condoled the death of South Africas Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

The Nelson Mandela Foundation describes the South African human rights icon's death as an "immeasurable" loss

Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice and LGBT rights and retired Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, has died, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Sunday. He was 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.