Nelson Mandela

[Dr. Evil]

If you've heard the news, Mandela has spent the last four days in a Pretoria hospital in serious but stable condition for a lung infection. He's a global figure.

I don't know really where to pus this, so feel free to move it if it's the wrong thread.

 

[Webfoot Hero]

He's 94 years old and has had several health scares so people better start expecting him to die rather soon than for him to live another 10-20 years. He can't live forever, except for in people's hearts and minds.

 

[Red Mask]

When his time does come, I hope they'll let him go with dignity. South African politics is a mess.

 

[Marx]

...while it is incredibly sad to see an icon such as this begin to fade away, he has lived a very long life and had quite an impact on the world.

 

[Kaleb]

Its been quite a week here in South Africa.

 

[Kaleb]

Well rumors are going around saying he has passed away, the police have blocked the entire street where his house is and the current president Jacob Zuma is at his ( Nelson) house now.


The president is about to make a speech now, so its looking more likely that Nelson Mandela has passed away.

 

[Red Mask]

A new era has begun. Perhaps it's been a long time coming.