South Africa Enters Week <br />of Mourning , After Death of Desmond Tutu .<br />The death of Archbishop Desmond Tutu <br />was announced on Dec. 26.<br />The anti-apartheid icon was 90.<br />Tutu will lay in state for two days before <br />his Jan. 1 funeral.<br />World leaders reacted to the news of his death.<br />[Tutu was a man of] extraordinary intellect, integrity and invincibility against the forces <br />of apartheid, Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa, <br />via 'The Guardian'.<br />A universal spirit, Archbishop Tutu was grounded in the struggle for liberation and justice in his own country, but also concerned with injustice everywhere, Barack Obama, Former U.S. President, <br />via 'The Guardian'.<br />Citizens of South Africa also expressed their grief in reaction to the news.<br />We are liberated due to him. If it was not for him, probably we would have been lost as a country. He was just good, Miriam Mokwadi, Mourner, <br />via 'The Guardian'.<br />I was very emotional this morning when I heard that he’d passed away. I thank God that he has been there for us, Brent Goliath, Mourner, via 'The Guardian'.<br />We looked up to him as the adviser to everyone in the country, especially <br />our politicians, Daphney Ramakgopa, Mourner, <br />via 'The Guardian'.<br />Tutu worked tirelessly for decades in South Africa for justice and the dismantling of apartheid.<br />[His death is] another chapter of bereavement in our nation’s farewell to a generation of outstanding South Africans who have bequeathed us a liberated South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa, <br />via 'The Guardian'.<br />Tutu's work intersected with a host <br />of issues, including assisted dying, <br />political integrity and church <br />doctrine concerning homosexuality.<br />He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize <br />in 1984
