Topic - Desmond Tutu

"I thought it was something for which you don't applaud. The first response is weeping," Tutu, who died in 2021, said after the final curtain.

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In advance of a small service at St. George’s Cathedral in 2015, participants were asked to send photos of themselves; I watched as Tutu went around the congregation, asking each person to say a little about themselves.

Tutu: a man of empathy, moral ardor, and some silly jokes →