Nelson Mandela
7/18/1918 - 12/5/2013
Cancer
Last Words
"Not Recorded"
Death & Legacy
Nelson Mandela, who led the emancipation of South Africa from white minority rule and served as his country’s first black president, becoming an international emblem of dignity and forbearance, died Thursday night. He was 95.
Details
- Cause of Death
- Respiratory infection
- Age at Death
- 95 years
- Funeral Location
- Qunu, Eastern Cape, South Africa
- Final Resting Place
- Qunu, Eastern Cape, South Africa