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South Africa's city of Cape Town holds a colourful musical memorial for its first black Anglican Archbishop and global icon, Desmond Tutu, who died on Sunday. The memorial interfaith service held at the city hall is attended by Tutu's window Leah, other family members and politicians. IMAGES
The coffin of the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu is carried out of Cape Town's St. George's Cathedral and placed into a hearse, following the funeral service of the last great hero of the struggle against apartheid. IMAGES
Mourners reflect on the life and legacy of the late Desmond Tutu outside Cape Town’s St George’s Cathedral where the archbishop’s body lies in state ahead of his funeral on New Year's Day.
Tutu, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial equality and LGBT rights died Sunday at the age of 90.
'Even in pain he would have cackled, he would have joked, he would have laughed, he would have cried': Archbishop of Cape Town, Thabo Makgoba, pays tribute to Desmond Tutu after the anti-apartheid icon died aged 90. SOUNDBITE
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