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Nelson Mandela Becomes First Politician To Be Missed

News in Brief • Breaking • World • death • politicians • world leaders • News •
ISSUE 49•49 • Dec 5, 2013
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JOHANNESBURG—Following the death of former South African president and civil
rights leader Nelson Mandela today at the age of 95, sources confirmed that the
revered humanitarian has become the first politician in recorded history to
actually be missed. “Today we lost not only an international hero and a symbol
of the resilient human spirit, but also the very first political figure ever
who people actively wish was still alive and affecting world affairs,” said
political historian Wallace M. Delaney of Columbia University, adding that
Mandela will long be remembered for enduring 27 years in prison in the fight
against apartheid, championing equality across the globe, and standing alone as
the only world leader whose passing left the international community
grief-stricken and feeling a palpable void in their lives. “Certainly people
have felt a sense of sorrow at the deaths of politicians in the past, but
Nelson Mandela’s death is the only one on record that people everywhere
unanimously agree has left the world notably worse off. I miss him, we all miss
him—and that’s entirely unprecedented in the world of politics.” Delaney added
that he could not predict who might be the second politician to be missed by
humanity, but confirmed there were no viable candidates anywhere out there
right now.

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