Oprah Winfrey poses with Nelson Mandela at the groundbreaking ceremony for Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in Johannesburg in December 2002.
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Mandela talks with Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith at a photoshoot for his 90th birthday in London in 2008.
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Beyonce Knowles gives Nelson Mandela a hug at the ‘Give 1 Minute To Aids’ Concert at the Greenpoint Stadium in Cape Town in 2003.
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Whoopi Goldberg shakes hands with Nelson Mandela at the opening night ceremony at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2002.
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Nelson Mandela holds a conversation with Wesley Snipes at his official residence, Genadendal, while he was President of South Africa.
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Harry Belafonte and his wife pose with Nelson Mandela in Pretoria, South Africa in June 1999.
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Leona Lewis sits with Nelson Mandela at the InterContinental Hotel in London to celebrate his 90th birthday in 2008.
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Bill Clinton shakes hands with South African President Nelson Mandela at a reception for African American religious leaders, black college presidents and members of the Congressional Black Caucus in 1998.
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Nelson Mandela shares a hug with supermodel Naomi Campbell at his Cape Town home in 1998.
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Bill Cosby with his wife Camille Cosby visit Nelson Mandela’s old prison cell.
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Michael Jackson poses with Nelson Mandela in Kwazulu-Natal on July 20, 1996.
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Danny Glover, Nelson Mandela and Harry Belafonte share a moment in 1993.
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First Lady Michelle Obama and her daughters Sasha and Malia visit Nelson Mandela at his home in Houghton, South Africa.
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Laila Ali meets Nelson Mandela at the Nelson Mandela Foundation during a trip to Johannesburg.