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...