Former South Africa President Fw De Klerk Announces He Has Cancer

According to a statement on the de Klerk Foundations website, the former South African president and Nobel Prize winner has been diagnosed with mesothelioma a cancer that affects the tissue that lines the lungs --- File --- Nobel Peace Prize 1993 Frederik Willem de Klerk attending the 9th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, held at the Hotel de Ville of Paris, France, on December 11, 2008. Photo by Malkon/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Malkon/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)