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White supremacist dies of heart attack

IOL: "The leader of a South African party that opposed the ending of apartheid, fighting for whites to regain political power, died of a heart attack at the age of 79, the party said on Thursday.

Willie Marais, who co-founded the white supremacist Herstigte (reconstituted) National Party which splintered from the apartheid National Party government in 1969, died on Wednesday while on holiday."

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