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 JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - Anton Rupert, a South African industrialist and philanthropist who opposed apartheid's inhumanities and funded environmental and educational projects, has died at age 89, a family spokesman said Thursday.
Rupert died in his sleep at his home at Stellenbosch near Cape Town on Wednesday night, family spokesman Hans Knoetze told the South African Press Association. Rupert's daughter, Hanneli, was with him when he died.
Rupert rose from humble beginnings to become one of South Africa's most successful industrialists, playing a leading role in the country's mining, tobacco, banking, media, beverage, food and health care industries.
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