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Former South Africa President FW de Klerk dies at home

Reuters By Reuters Published on: November 11, 2021 02:09 (EAT)
Former South Africa President FW de Klerk dies at home

South Africa's former president Frederik Willem de Klerk arrives at a news conference one day ahead of the 13th World Summit of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates in Warsaw October 20, 2013. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File Photo

South Africa's last white president Frederik Willem (FW) de Klerk died on Thursday morning at his home in Cape Town, the FW de Klerk Foundation said in a statement.

"Former President FW de Klerk died peacefully at his home in Fresnaye earlier this morning following his struggle against mesothelioma cancer," the statement said.

He was 85 years old.

The foundation had announced the diagnosis - a cancer that affects the lining of the lungs - in June this year.

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