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Also Known As Desmond Mpilo Tutu
Born October 7, 1931 • Klerksdorp • South Africa
Died December 26, 2021 (aged 90) • Cape Town • South Africa
Awards And Honors Templeton Prize (2013) • Presidential Medal of Freedom (2009) • Nobel Prize (1984)

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