World: No stranger to tragedy: Nelson Mandela’s family hardships
- 1st His first child, Thembikele, died in a car crash in 1969.
- 2nd His second child, Thembikele, lived only nine months.
- 3rd His third child, Makgatho, died of an AIDS-related illness.
- 4th His marriage to Winnie Mandela ended in 1996 after 38 years. source