FW de Klerk, South Africa's last apartheid leader, shared the 1993 peace prize with Nelson Mandela. Nelson Mandela objects to be auctioned 1:03 (CNN) - Former South African President FW de Klerk, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, has died at the age of 85, the FW de Klerk Foundation said Thursday. The last apartheid leader in South Africa shared the peace prize in 1993 with Nelson Mandela, who was released from prison by De Klerk, and would succeed him as president. FW De Klerk De Klerk died at hi
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Former South African President FW de Klerk, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, has died at the age of 85, the FW de Klerk Foundation said Thursday.
The last apartheid leader in South Africa shared the peace prize in 1993 with Nelson Mandela, who was released from prison by De Klerk, and would succeed him as president.
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De Klerk died at his home in Fresnaye of mesothelioma cancer, the foundation said Thursday.
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