Nelson Mandela -- death reported by world media (5 p.m. Thursday Dec. 5, 2013) -- 20 years following his 1993 PEACE PRIZE shared with F.W. de Klerk

The former president of South Africa and Nobel Peace Prize co-laureate died in his Hospital room -- respiratory complications -- He was a much beloved apostle of nonviolence and forgiveness -- he worked for national reconciliation in his native South Africa. MORE to be posted as far as Tributes and Obituary