Saturday 7 December 2013

A Tribute in Pictures to Nelson Mandela : From Beyonce, Brad Pitt, Michael Jackson, to Politicians, the Pope and More

Mandela kisses Beyonce at the Nelson Mandela AIDS Benefit Concert in Cape Town in 2003
Everybody wanted to be friends with the courageous Nelson Mandela who passed away on Thursday at the age of 95 - a man whose courage in the face of persecution made him the most potent symbol of the struggle against apartheid. See more pictures the anti-apartheid hero after the cut...

 

Mandela strolling in a South African Olympic Squad tracksuit in 1996

Mandela Sitting alongside the Queen in an open-topped carriage, Mandela acknowledges the crowd's adulation

Mandela waves to a joyful crowd in Traflagar Square in 1996 from the balcony of South Africa House

Mandela Meeting Margaret Thatcher at 10 Downing Street

Arnold Schwarzenegger meets with Mandela at Robben Island, where Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years

Mandela with singer and anti-poverty campaigner Bono in 2002

Brad Pitt wears Mandela's prison number on his T-shirt

Mandela with South African actress Charlize Theron

Mandela meets with England soccer team members led by David Beckham and coach, Sven Goran Erikkson in 2003

Nelson Mandela confers with John Paul II at a reception in Pretoria, South Africa, in 1995

Nelson Mandela jokes with Whoopi Goldberg

Mandela and Prince Charles with The Spice Girls in 1997

Michael Jackson throws his arms around Mandela at their meeting in South Africa in 1996

Mandela sharing a moment with Morgan Freeman, who played him on screen

Mandela with Muhammad Ali at the Special Olympics opening ceremony in 2003

Supermodel Naomi Cambell cries in the arms of Mandela during a meeting in Cape Town in 1998

Oprah Winfrey on stage with Mandela and his wife Graca Machel

Princess Diana visits Nelson Mandela in Cape Town in 1997

Mandela congratulates Stevie Wonder after he sang at a pop concert in honor of Mandela's 80th birthday, in Johannesburg

Mandela with Whitney Houston


1918-2013: Destiny calling a young Nelson Mandella at the start of his long walk to freedom



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