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‘A Nation’s Healer Is Dead’: U.S. Newspapers React To Mandela’s Passing (PHOTOS)

by Tom Kludt

12.06.13 | 1:52 am

Former South African President Nelson Mandela smiles during his meeting with a group of Mandela Rhodes Scholars for 2006, in Johannesburg, South Africa, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2006.

Following the passing of former South African president Nelson Mandela, America’s most prominent newspapers gave frontpage billing to the anti-apartheid leader.

The Los Angeles Times

The Denver Post

The Miami Herald

The Washington Post

The Chicago Tribune

The Star Tribune (Minneapolis)

The New York Post

The New York Times

The Boston Globe

(Photos via Newseum)

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Tom Kludt Tom Kludt is a reporter for Talking Points Memo based in New York City, covering media and national affairs. Originally from South Dakota, Tom joined TPM as an intern in late-2011 and became a staff member during the 2012 election. He can be reached at tom@talkingpointsmemo.com.

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