![]() British prime minister David Cameron described Mandela as a "hero of our time", whilst Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu described Mandela as like "a most precious diamond honed deep beneath the surface of the earth".Obama said Mandela "embodied the promise that human beings and countries can change for the better" and paid homage to the influence Mandela had on his own political career. President Obama, the United States' first black president said Mandela, South Africa's first black president, now "belonged to the ages". Mandela's legacy and memory has been celebrated and his passing mourned by leaders around the world.He passed away in the company of his family. Nelson Mandela, one of the most significant figures of the twentieth and twenty first centuries has died aged 95 at his home in Johannesburg.
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