Nelson Mandela, Led South Africa Past Apartheid, Dies at 95
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Nelson Mandela, the freedom fighter who emerged from 27 years in prison to become South Africa’s first elected black president and a global symbol of reconciliation, has died. He was 95.
He died at 8:50 p.m. yesterday at his home in Houghton, Johannesburg, South African President Jacob Zuma said in a televised speech to the nation. In September, he was discharged from a hospital, where he had been treated since June for a recurring lung infection.