'A true warrior for his people': Social justice advocate Tauto Sansbury dies

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NAIDOC Lifetime Achievement Award winner and Indigenous rights advocate Tauto Sansbury has died at his home in Adelaide, aged 70.

NAIDOC Lifetime Achievement Award winner and Indigenous rights advocate Tauto Sansbury has died at his home in the Adelaide Hills, aged 70.He has been remembered as a"gentle soul"The Narungga elder died last night, surrounded by loved ones, after a 15-month battle with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

"It's a passion for me. It doesn't pay much and sometimes it doesn't pay anything, but I continue to do it because I want to achieve something."

 

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