Local Memorial Planned for Mandela at Seattle Center

KNKX Public Radio | By The Associated Press

Published December 6, 2013 at 11:45 AM PST

Former South African President Nelson Mandela smiles during his meeting with a group of Mandela Rhodes Scholars for 2006, in Johannesburg, South Africa, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2006.

The Seattle Center has scheduled a public memorial to honor the life of Nelson Mandela.

A candlelight vigil will be held at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the International Fountain.

The anti-apartheid leader died Thursday at the age of 95.

Mandela became South Africa's first black president in 1994 after spending 27 years in prison.

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