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Dennis Brutus Dies at 85; Fought Apartheid With Sports

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  • By DOUGLAS MARTIN

Published: January 2, 2010

When Dennis Brutus heard the news, he was breaking stones on Robben Island, the notorious prison colony where Nelson Mandela, the freedom fighter and future South African president, occupied the cell next to his.

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Worcester Telegram & Gazette, via Associated Press

Dennis Brutus in 2008