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The accomplished legal academic died of natural causes on Saturday, surrounded by family at his home in Johannesburg.
Among many of his accomplishments, Du Plessis was part of a team that worked with the now President Cyril Ramaphosa and produced the country s draft Constitution in 1996 and the Bill of Rights.
Du Plessis is survived by his wife, three daughters and six grandchildren and his sister.
Professor Lourens Marthinus du Plessis, well-known legal academic and cowriter of the Constitution and Bill of Rights, has died.
A research professor at the North West University, Du Plessis was a gentle giant and a peacemaker during the turbulent period of political transition in South Africa, said Leon Wessels a former minister in the National Party.
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