<p>Nelson Mandela, R.I.P.</p>

<p>ESSENCE remembers anti-apartheid icon, Nelson Mandela, who passed away at 95 years old.</p>

Remembering A Legend

VIDEO: Watch Nelson Mandela's Funeral

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