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– The Wall of Flowers at Nelson Mandela’s Johannesburg home was featured on NBC Nightly News.
Click here for the December 7, 2013 video.

– “Obamas and all living presidents – except George H.W. Bush – will attend Mandela’s memorial in South Africa”

* President Obama and Michelle will travel to South Africa but specific travel details have not been released
* Former President George W. Bush and Laura ‘gratefully accepted’ the Obama’s invitation to join them on Air Force One for the trip to Africa
* Former President Bill Clinton and Hillary will also attend the memorial along with former president Jimmy Carter
* The elder Bush, 89, will not be attending likely due to ill health
* Public memorial service will be held at Johannesburg soccer stadium
* Mandela will be laid to his final rest in his hometown of Qunu
* Funeral plans were developed 10 years ago when his health took a turn,”
quoting Snejana Farberov, Meghan Keneally and Associated Press in UK’s Daily Mail.
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– “Confirmation of foreign Heads of State and Government attending activities relating to Former President Mandela’s passing”
Read more from the Department of Foreign Affairs, Republic of South Africa.

– [Former US President] “Carter: Mandela belongs next to MLK, Gandhi and Mother Teresa”
“Carter, 89, is attending the service as a member of The Elders, a collection of former heads of state, social revolutionaries and other world leaders who travel the globe promoting peace and human rights. Mandela was a member,” quoting Erin McClam, NBC News.
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