Desmond Tutu Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====Death==== Tutu died from cancer at the Oasis Frail Care Centre in [[Cape Town]] on 26 December 2021, aged 90.<ref>{{cite news |last=Berger |first=Marilyn |date=26 December 2021 |title=Desmond Tutu, Whose Voice Helped Slay Apartheid, Dies at 90 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/26/obituaries/desmond-tutu-dead.html |url-access=limited |access-date=26 December 2021 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=26 December 2021 |title=South African anti-apartheid campaigner Archbishop Desmond Tutu dies aged 90 |agency=Reuters |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/south-africas-desmond-tutu-dies-aged-90/article38041030.ece |access-date=26 December 2021 |newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref> South African president [[Cyril Ramaphosa]] described Tutu's death as "another chapter of bereavement in our nation's farewell to a generation of outstanding South Africans who have bequeathed us a liberated South Africa."<ref>{{cite web|title=Statement on the passing of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu|url=https://www.thepresidency.gov.za/press-statements/statement-passing-archbishop-emeritus-desmond-mpilo-tutu|url-status=live|access-date=28 December 2021|website=The Presidency Republic Of South Africa|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226072430/https://www.thepresidency.gov.za/press-statements/statement-passing-archbishop-emeritus-desmond-mpilo-tutu |archive-date=26 December 2021 }}</ref> Tutu's body [[lying in state|lay in state]] for two days before the funeral.<ref>{{cite web|last=Agence France-Presse|date=28 December 2021|title=Archbishop Desmond Tutu to lie in state in Cape Town for two days|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/28/archbishop-desmond-tutu-to-lie-in-state-in-cape-town-for-two-days|access-date=30 December 2021|website=The Guardian}}</ref> For several days before the funeral the cathedral rang its bells for 10 minutes each day at noon and national landmarks, including [[Table Mountain]], were illuminated in purple in Tutu's honour.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mji|first1=Zanele|last2=Chutel|first2=Lynsey|date=27 December 2021|title=South Africa Begins a Week of Mourning for Desmond Tutu|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/27/world/africa/desmond-tutu-mourning.html|access-date=30 December 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> A [[Funeral Mass]] was held for Tutu at St. George's Cathedral in Cape Town on 1 January 2022.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-59843925 South Africa holds state funeral for Archbishop Desmond Tutu]. BBC News, 1 January 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2022.</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/01/funeral-of-desmond-tutu-takes-place-in-cape-town |title=Desmond Tutu laid to rest at state funeral in Cape Town|newspaper=The Guardian|first=Jason |last=Burke|access-date=1 January 2022}}</ref> President [[Cyril Ramaphosa]] gave a eulogy, and [[Michael Nuttall]], the former [[Diocese of Natal|bishop of Natal]], delivered the sermon. Attendance at the funeral was limited to 100 due to [[COVID-19 pandemic]] restrictions. During the funeral, Tutu's body lay in a "plain pine coffin, the cheapest available at his request to avoid any ostentatious displays".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/africa-religion-cape-town-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-dbff09f744f1c5c63e43b65617e8ed4a|title = 'Moral compass': Requiem for South Africa's Archbishop Tutu|work = [[AP News]]|first=Andrew|last=Meldrum|date =1 January 2022|access-date=10 September 2022}}</ref> Following the funeral, Tutu's remains were to be [[Alkaline hydrolysis (body disposal)|aquamated]]; his ashes are interred in St. George's Cathedral.<ref name="BBC funeral">{{cite web| title= Desmond Tutu: Body of South African hero to be aquamated | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-59842728 | date= 31 December 2021| work= [[BBC News]]| accessdate= 1 January 2022 }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page