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Trevor Huddleston 1998 Deaths
Trevor Huddleston (Ernest Trevor Urban Huddleston)Age: 84 British Anglican archbishop who spent many years in South Africa, where he became a significant player in the battle against…P.W. Botha 2006 Deaths
P.W. BothaAge: 90 South African leader who tried to preserve apartheid. He held a variety of governmental positions throughout his life, rising to prime minister in 1978 and finally resigning…Harry Oppenheimer 2000 Deaths
Harry OppenheimerAge: 91 South African industrialist, known as the “king of diamonds,” who presided over a vast empire that included De Beers Consolidated Mines and banking, real estate, and…Have any countries besides Russia been banned from the Olympics?
The Question: The Olympic Athletes from Russia were a thing. Now it's the Russian Olympic Committee. Has anyone other than Russia been banned or is this a special thing? The Answer: Lots of people…Nadine Gordimer Biography
Nadine GordimerauthorBorn: 11/20/1923Birthplace: South Africa Nobel Prize-winning author whose novels and stories explore the domestic realities of life under apartheid. Her works include The Lying…Hamilton Naki 2005 Deaths
Hamilton NakiAge: 78 black South African self-taught surgeon who in 1967 assisted Dr. Christiaan Barnard in the first human heart transplant. Naki's role in the groundbreaking procedure was…South Africa
(Encyclopedia) CE5 South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2015 est. pop. 55,291,000), 471,359 sq mi (1,220,813 sq km), S Africa. It borders on the…Juan Antonio Samaranch Biography
president of the International Olympic CommitteeBorn: 7/17/1920Died: 4/21/2010 (Barcelona, Spain) Best Known as: president of the International Olympic Committee…Keith Haring
Keith Haring was a New York artist who in the 1980s went from public drawings in the subway to international exhibitions and celebrity status as a friend of Madonna and Andy Warhol. Haring grew up…Athol Fugard Biography
Athol Fugardplaywright, actorBorn: 6/11/1932Birthplace: Middleburg, Cape Province, South Africa South Africa's premier playwright whose works, many which have been banned in his country,…Trending
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