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The magic of MANDELA

AGENCIES
A mini-dressed Geri Halliwell clutching his arm and the rest of the Spice Girls cuddling him for the picture, Nelson Mandela stood grinning.
"These are my heroines," the South African president said when he met what was then the world's hottest pop band in 1997. "I don't want to be emotional, but it's one of the greatest moments in my life."
Mandela's star-pulling power was legendary. Feted by the world's biggest names in entertainment, sport and politics, his own star often shone brighter than those in his company.
A telling cartoon early in his term as South Africa's first black president depicts Mandela next to Britain's Queen Elizabeth during a state visit to London.
"The next bloody tourist who asks who's the little old lady with Mandela..." remarks a policeman in the 1996 sketch by South African cartoonist Zapiro.
Celebrity fascination with Mandela dates back to his 27 years of imprisonment, when outdated photographs were the only public images that the world had of him.
Songs like "Free Nelson Mandela" and "Bring Him Back I lome" climbed the 1980s charts and a 70th birthday trib-
ute was broadcast to hundreds of millions of people around the world in 1988.
After his release in 1990, the appeal of the man fondly known by his clan name Madiba only grew larger.
Free of the stuffiness usually inbred into politicians, Mandela was equally at home bantering with celebrities or tackling the world's issues on the global stage.
With an ability both to inspire and delight, his calls for tolerance were blended with a penchant for breaking into a gleeful shuffle dance in public and wearing colourful shirts.
Few stars were immune to the "Madiba magic" and a photo opportunity with one of the world's most recognisable personalities was seen as an essential part of a stop in South Africa.
His rock star-like 85th birthday drew guests ranging from U2 frontman Bono to actor Robert de Niro, who were invited alongside his cook and gardener.
Canadian singer Celine Dion even named one of her twin boys Nelson after meeting him - an occasion she prepared for by taking a history course.
Supermodel Naomi Campbell reportedly called him her "honorary grandfather". Former US leader Bill Clinton described him as "a ferociously loyal friend".
But not all of them liked him either.
When US President George W Bush visited South Africa in 2003 he didn't meet Madiba, after he was criticised for the invasion of Iraq in stinging terms. Mandela described Bush as "a president who can't think properly".