Body of late S/Africa’s Archbishop Desmond Tutu lies in state
The body of the late South African cleric and anti-apartheid icon, Archbishop Desmond Tutu has been brought to the St George Cathedral in Cape Town where it is to lie in state on Thursday and Friday.
His desire for a simple coffin was respected as his body was brought in a pine coffin with a small bouquet of carnations on top by six Anglican priests acting as pallbearers.
Periscope International recalls that Tutu died on Sunday the at age of 90.
His funeral holds on Saturday.(AFP)
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