Archbishop Desmond Tutu has died at the age of 90.
I had the privilege of playing for him back in 2008 when he accepted an honorary degree from Edinburgh University. He told a very amusing story of how he had chastised Nelson Mandela for wearing such brightly coloured shirts only to be be told ‘You think I’m going to take fashion advice from a man wearing a dress?’
I later bumped into him in the loo, (I have a habit of bumping into the (male!) great and the good in the toilet) and I had the honour of shaking hands with him. He was able to tell exactly what pieces we’d been playing.
Very sad news.
RIP Archbishop Tutu.
I had the privilege of playing for him back in 2008 when he accepted an honorary degree from Edinburgh University. He told a very amusing story of how he had chastised Nelson Mandela for wearing such brightly coloured shirts only to be be told ‘You think I’m going to take fashion advice from a man wearing a dress?’
I later bumped into him in the loo, (I have a habit of bumping into the (male!) great and the good in the toilet) and I had the honour of shaking hands with him. He was able to tell exactly what pieces we’d been playing.
Very sad news.
RIP Archbishop Tutu.
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