SIGNATURE STYLE: THE MANY SHIRTS OF NELSON MANDELA!

Nelson Mandela and his wife, Graca Machel, wave after bidding farewell to German President Horst Koehler and his wife, Eva, at their home in Maputo on April 4, 2006.  By Wolfgang Kumm, epa


Nelson Mandela shows a book to first lady Michelle Obama at his home in Johannesburg on June 21, 2011.


Nelson Mandela stands with pop singer Michael Jackson on March 23, 1999, at a news conference in Cape Town where Jackson announced dates for two concerts.  By Obed Zilwa, AP




Nelson Mandela salutes the South African military health service band that came to play a specially composed march and happy birthday on his 85th birthday


Irish rock star Bono and Nelson Mandela pose May 25, 2002, after meeting at Mandela's residence at Houghton in Johannesburg, South Africa.  By Juda Ngwenya, AP


Nelson Mandela and talk show host Oprah Winfrey embrace Dec. 6, 2002, during a ground breaking ceremony for the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in Meyerton, South Africa.  By Themba Hadbe, AP


Boxer Laila Ali, left, is hugged by Nelson Mandela during a brief meeting at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg South Africa on Jan. 30, 2007.  Kim Ludbrook, epa