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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with former South African President Nelson Mandela at his home in Qunu, South Africa, on Monday. Mrs. Clinton is slated to meet with the nation’s current leaders in Pretoria on Tuesday. (Associated Press)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets Aug. 6, 2012, with former South Africa President Nelson Mandela and his wife Graca Machel at his home in Qunu, South Africa. (Associated Press)
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Former U.S. President Bill Clinton (right) meets with former South African President Nelson Mandela at the latter's home in Qunu, South Africa, on Tuesday, July 17, 2012, on the eve of Mr. Mandela's 94th birthday. (AP Photo/Peter Morey)
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A hat and purse, part of a fashion label inspired by former South African President Nelson Mandela, are displayed June 29, 2012, in Johannesburg. (Associated Press)
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Former South African president Nelson Mandela receives a torch May 30, 2012, to celebrate the African National Congress' centenary in his home village of Qunu in rural eastern South Africa. (Associated Press/SABC via AP video)
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Actor-comedian Eddie Izzard said he will run 27 marathons in honor of Nelson Mandela.
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** FILE ** Former South African President Nelson Mandela smiles as German Chancellor Angela Merkel (left) waves farewell after a meeting at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg in October 2007. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)
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The opera "Mandela Trilogy" has a scene where Aubrey Lodewyk as Nelson Mandela reacts to the death of his son. The tragedy occurred while Mr. Mandela was imprisoned. The opera will be staged in Great Britain and Norway next year.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Aubrey Lodewyk performs a scene as Nelson Mandela in his prison cell. Mr. Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years for his anti-apartheid activities in South Africa. His life story is told in "Mandela Trilogy."
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Aubrey Lodewyk portrays Nelson Mandela exercising in his Robben Island prison cell during a dress rehearsal for the new opera "Mandela Trilogy," which opened in Johannesburg on Saturday. "Trilogy" traces Mr. Mandela's life from boyhood to his rise as a political leader, imprisonment and eventual release.
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Former South African president Nelson Mandela (front left), his former wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (second from right) and other extended family members celebrate Mandela's 93rd birthday in his hometown of Qunu, South Africa, on July 18, 2011. (Associated Press/Peter Morey Photographic)
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U.S. first lady Michelle Obama visits former South African President Nelson Mandela at his home in Houghton, South Africa, on Tuesday, June 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Debbie Yazbek, Nelson Mandela Foundation)
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Former South African President Nelson Mandela is wheeled out on a stretcher, as he leaves the Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. Mr. Mandela was discharged to begin home-based care, after spending two-and-a-half days in hospital for treatment for a respiratory infection. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
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Students from a school adjacent to the hospital where former South African President Nelson Mandela, fondly known as "Madiba", is said to be undergoing routine tests make their way past a giant get well card Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)
