who was imprisoned alongside Nelson Mandela in South Africa, died at his home in Cape Town this morning after battling prostate cancer. He was 85.
Mr. Brutus was exiled from his native South Africa for more than 20 years, and he successfully lobbied to ban the apartheid regime's all-white Olympic teams from the games.
from Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Dennis Brutus, poet and activist, dies at 85
also AFP: South African activist and poet Dennis Brutus dies at 85
also Democracy Now!: Dennis Brutus (1924-2009): South African Poet and Activist Dies in Cape Town
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