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Former US President George H.W. Bush mistakenly announces Nelson Mandela's death

Forty-first President of the United States of America George H.W. Bush prematurely announced former South African President Nelson Mandela's death Sunday morning.

The mix-up happened when President Bush's spokesman Jim McGrath misread a Washington Post news flash.

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