Nelson Mandela has died.

[Mick Mac]

A good man has died.

[????]

I think he was genuienely in the great man category

[Otta]

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> I think he was genuienely in the great man

> category

Yep. Not a lot of genuine ones around, but I think he earned that title.

[minder]

There was a tiny bit in the newspaper today saying 'Mandela is on his deathbed, says daughter'. I read it and feared the worst for his family.

[Louisa]

One of the few great inspirational leaders of the 20th century who genuinely made a difference.

Louisa.

[Applespider]

Agreed - truly a great man.

If he hadn't been so gracious and forgiving, South Africa could have been a far uglier place post-apartheid. Heck, we might not yet be post-apartheid without him.

RIP, Madiba

[hibbs]

RIP...a true legend!

[Laur]

Agreed, an inspirational human being, whose fight for justice made this world a better place.

?Let bygones be bygones. Let what has happened pass,? he said upon release, rejecting any suggestions of violent revenge. ?Take your knives and your guns and throw them into the sea,? he told his followers.

[apod]

"Tread softly,

Breathe peacefully,

Laugh hysterically."

Less and less great people around. RIP Nelson Mandela

[Sue]

RIP.

[El Pibe]

"One of the few great inspirational leaders of the 20th century who genuinely made a difference."

plenty who made a difference in that century; made a positive one might be fewer.

SO who else is up there in the universal paludits category?

[Jah Lush]

Muhammed Ali.

[Otta]

Tony Blair?

[El Pibe]

;)

positive keith, positive!

[david_carnell]

Ghandi

Mother Teresa

Aneurin Bevan

[El Pibe]

bevan sprung to mind too.

Ghandi definitely.

Theresa was apparently a psycho!

I still think John Major was underrated.

[Chocky]

RIP Nelson Mandela.

What a privilege to have lived when this great man lived.

I hope his legacy can continue in all of us.

Hope Not Hate have opened a book of condolence which will be open for five days and then be delivered to the South African Embassy. What does Nelson Mandela mean to you? http://action.hopenothate.org.uk/mandela-tribute

[Jah Lush]

I was thinking El Pibe meant people who are still alive DC. Still, good choices though.

[El Pibe]

Louisa set the question, 20th century types who made a [implicitly positive] difference.

[El Pibe]

King Juan Carlos.

Offered total power on a platter, but steered what might have been a revisit to the civil war or yugoslavia style break up, through a peaceful transition, to democracy. A genuine great.

[DulwichFox]

I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night,

Alive as you or me

Says I, "But Joe, you're ten years dead,"

"I never died," says he.

"I never died," says he.

Some exceptional people Never Die...

They live on in the hearts of other good people.

DulwichFox

[*Bob*]

A low-key offering - John Peel.

[giggirl]

david_carnell Wrote:

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> Ghandi

> Mother Teresa

> Aneurin Bevan

Mother Teresa doesn't belong on this list. Very misguided person. RIP Mandella though.

I came face to face with NM once. I had a boyfriend who lived in Muswell Hill. I was on my way to my BF's house and I saw Nelson Mandella walking from a house to a car. I stood and stared and eventually said hello and he smiled and got in the car. It was an extraordinary moment. You don't expect to come across a legend in a London suburb. I told my boyfriend and he said, oh yeah, there's an ANC guy with a house in my street.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/7429566/South-African-government-buys-ANC-leaders-Muswell-Hill-home.html

[steveo]

El Pibe Wrote:

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> King Juan Carlos.

Didn't he shoot his brother in the head?

[Parkdrive]

Martin Luther King