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Desmond Tutu
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Desmond Tutu
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Sex
Male
Full name
Desmond Mpilo•Tutu
Used name
Desmond•Tutu
Born
7 October 1931 in
Klerksdorp (RSA)
Died
26 December 2021 in
Cape Town (RSA)
NOC
South Africa
Special Notes
Bearer of the
Olympic Flag
at the opening ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympics