Anti-apartheid icon Mandela dies at 95 --- Nelson Mandela, the revered South African anti-apartheid icon who spent 27 years in prison, led his country to democracy and became its first black president, died Thursday at home. He was 95. -- "He is now resting," said South African President Jacob Zuma. "He is now at peace." - "Our nation as lost his greatest son," he continued. "Our people have lost their father." -- A state funeral will be held, and Zuma called for mourners to conduct themselves with "the dignity and respect" that Mandela personified. - More, Tracy Connor, NBC News