Tutu died peacefully at the Oasis Frail Care Center in Cape Town, the Archbishop Desmond Tutu Trust said in a statement on Sunday. In recent years he and his wife, Leah, lived in a retirement community outside Cape Town. Advocated for LGBT rightsTutu campaigned internationally for human rights, especially LGBT rights and same-sex marriage. South Africa, Tutu said, was a nation of promise for racial reconciliation and equality, even though he grew disillusioned with the African National Congress, the anti-apartheid movement that became the ruling party in 1994 elections. South Africa rejected Tutu’s accusations that it was bowing to pressure from China, a major trading partner.

Source: CBC News December 26, 2021 18:29 UTC