Retired archbishop Desmond Tutu was admitted to a Cape Town hospital
on Tuesday for a persistent infection, his South African foundation
said.
The foundation, which is named after 83-year-old Tutu and his wife
Leah, quoted their daughter Mpho as saying the family hopes the Nobel
Peace Prize laureate will be able to return home in a “day or two.”
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Tutu has been treated for prostate cancer for many years. He announced
his retirement from public life in 2011 but has still traveled widely
and made public appearances.
Tutu, who was awarded the Nobel peace prize in 1984 for campaigning
against apartheid, renewed his wedding vows with Leah earlier this month
after 60 years of marriage. The family held ceremonies in Cape Town and
Johannesburg to mark the occasion.
An Associated Press reporter attended the Johannesburg ceremony in
the Holy Cross Anglican Church in the city’s Soweto area, where Tutu
used to live. Tutu danced stiffly as choristers sang and was frequently
on his feet, thanking the congregants at the end of the three-hour
event. At other times, he sat with his eyes closed.
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