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    The Associated Press‏Verified account @AP 26 Dec 2021

    Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice and LGBT rights, has died at 90. An uncompromising foe of apartheid, Tutu worked tirelessly, though non-violently, for its downfall.http://apne.ws/1kD8IAC 

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      2. The Associated Press‏Verified account @AP 26 Dec 2021

        South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said the death of the former Archbishop of Cape Town “is another chapter of bereavement in our nation’s farewell to a generation of outstanding South Africans who have bequeathed us a liberated South Africa."http://apne.ws/TTetuEq 

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      3. The Associated Press‏Verified account @AP 26 Dec 2021

        Tutu was one of the most prominent Black leaders able to speak out against abuses when South Africa was gripped by anti-apartheid violence and a state of emergency that gave police and military sweeping powers in the 1980s.http://apne.ws/Wzm1sKA 

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      4. The Associated Press‏Verified account @AP 26 Dec 2021

        Reactions to Tutu’s death have come in from around the world.http://apne.ws/L1ZAKUr 

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      5. The Associated Press‏Verified account @AP 26 Dec 2021

        Former U.S. President Barack Obama called Desmond Tutu “a mentor, a friend, and a moral compass for me and so many others.” Tutu is being lauded around the world after his death at age 90.http://apne.ws/ojNhRdC 

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      6. The Associated Press‏Verified account @AP 26 Dec 2021

        Desmond Tutu used his pulpit as the first Black bishop of Johannesburg and later as the Archbishop of Cape Town to galvanize public opinion against racial inequality. Here’s a timeline of his life committed to equality.http://apne.ws/uPO1cRH 

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      1. Councillor wa bobi 🔴 🦅‏ @GodfreyCode 26 Dec 2021
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        #DesmondTutupic.twitter.com/d0g8uXIHSI

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      1. Julio the guard donkey ✌🏽 🇺🇸‏ @DonkeyJulio 26 Dec 2021
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        Tutu was a good man who will be judged well for life well-lived.

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      1. Just a Regular Person‏ @tracychapmanfa1 26 Dec 2021
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        RIP 😔💔🥀

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      2. CyberVolks (Trump 🇺🇸)‏ @NorwoodSigns 26 Dec 2021
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        Desmond who?

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