By Daily Mail Reporter
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As millions around
the world mourn the passing of Nelson Mandela, who died on Thursday at
the age of 95, the Daily Mail presents a tribute in pictures to the
anti-apartheid hero. From Beyonce to Bono, politicians and the Pope,
everybody wanted to be friends with the courageous first black president
of South Africa - a man whose courage in the face of persecution made
him the most potent symbol of the struggle against apartheid.
Warm welcome: Princess Diana visits Nelson Mandela in Cape Town in 1997, where they discussed the threat of AIDS in the country
Ecstatic return: Mandela waves to a joyful crowd in Traflagar Square in 1996 from the balcony of South Africa House
Through the years: In Parliament Square during
his 1962 trip to the UK capital (left) and strolling in a South African
Olympic Squad tracksuit near Hyde Park in 1996 (right)
Sightseeing: While in London, Mandela visited his old friend Mary Benson (right) and toured the city
Royal wave: Sitting alongside the Queen in an open-topped carriage, Mandela acknowledges the crowd's adulation
I'll tell you what I want: The Spice Girls were
joined by two 'new members' in Pretoria in 1997 - Mandela and Prince
Charles. A delighted Mandela said: 'These are my heroines'
We're the greatest: Mandela lands a playful left hook on Muhammad Ali at the Special Olympics opening ceremony in Dublin in 2003
My hero: South African actress Charlize Theron is lost for words. Right, Tony Blair on a visit to Johannesburg
I'll be back: Arnold Schwarzenegger meets with
the former South African president at Robben Island, where Mandela was
imprisoned for 27 years
Thriller: Michael Jackson throws his arms around Mandela at their meeting in South Africa in 1996
Movie stars: Mandela with Robert De Niro on a
trip to New York in 2005 (left) and sharing a moment with Morgan
Freeman, who played him on screen
Muscling in: Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams basks in the glory of meeting Mandela
United they stand: Indulging in some rock star theatrics with U2 singer and anti-poverty campaigner Bono in 2002
Popular with singers: Bridging troubled waters
with Simon & Garfunkel singer Paul Simon (left) and with I Will
Always Love You Singer Whitney Houston (right)
Bring the family: A beaming Nelson Mandela meets an equally ecstatic Bob Geldof and his children on a visit
Star interview: American talk show host Oprah Winfrey on stage with Mandela and his wife Graca Machel
Papal audience: Nelson Mandela confers with John Paul II at a reception in Pretoria, South Africa, in 1995
Hollywood tribute: Brad Pitt wears Mandela's prison number on his
T-shirt (left) and (right) meeting Margaret Thatcher at 10 Downing
Street
Sister act: Nelson Mandela jokes with Whoopi Goldberg
Secret ingredient: Nelson Mandela charms TV chef
Gordon Ramsay during a lunch to benefit the Mandela Children's
Foundation in South Africa
Show of hands: Queen's Roger Taylor, Leona
Lewis, Annie Lennox, and Brian May join Nelson Mandela and others before
the concert in London's Hyde Park to celebrate his 90th birthday in
2008
Team talk: Former South African President Nelson
Mandela, center, meets with England soccer team members led by David
Beckham, left, and coach, Sven Goran Erikkson, right, in Johannesburg in
2003 before a friendly in Durban
Call me Nelson: Keeping it informal during a London meeting with David Cameron at the Dorchester in 2008
My role model: Supermodel Naomi Cambell, front, cries in the arms of
South African President Nelson Mandela during a meeting in Cape Town in
1998 (left) and he kisses U.S. singer Beyonce at the Nelson Mandela AIDS
Benefit Concert in Cape Town in 2003 (right)
The sunshine of my life: Mandela congratulates
US pop singer Stevie Wonder after he sang a birthday song at a pop
concert dubbed Gift to the Nation in honor of Mandela's 80th birthday,
in Johannesburg
1918-2013: Destiny calling a young Nelson Mandella at the start of his long walk to freedom
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