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UK anti-apartheid campaigner dies

The man who led the anti-apartheid movement in the UK for nearly 20 years, Mike Terry, has died of a heart attack at the age of 61.

He played a key role in transforming public opinion, turning the South African apartheid government into an international pariah.

A tireless campaigner, he organised two huge concerts in support of the campaign to free Nelson Mandela.

Read entire article at BBC