Saddened, but not surprised

As he's been ill for a long long time. RIP, sir.

Nelson Mandela dies at age 95.

Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid icon and father of modern South Africa, dies




(CNN) -- Nelson Mandela, the revered statesman who emerged from prison after 27 years to lead South Africa out of decades of apartheid, has died, South African President Jacob Zuma announced late Thursday.

Mandela was 95.

"He is now resting. He is now at peace," Zuma said. "Our nation has lost its greatest son. Our people have lost a father."
"What made Nelson Mandela great was precisely what made him human," the president said in his late-night address. "We saw in him what we seek in ourselves."

The world could learn so much from him and his life, if they choose to.