Nobel Laureate and former South African President FW de Klerk passes away at 85
- FW (Frederik Willem) de Klerk, the former president of South Africa and the last white person to head the country, has passed away due to cancer.
- He was 85.
- De Klerk was head of state between September 1989 and May 1994.
- In 1993, De Klerk and Nelson Mandela jointly received the Nobel Peace Prize for their work towards ending apartheid.