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"Oprah Winfrey will pay tribute to the late Nelson Mandela at the 45th annual NAACP Image Awards. This year&amp;#039;s ceremony will be held at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on Saturday, February 22 and will air on TV One.  Winfrey notably penned a tribute to the late South African human rights campaigner when he passed away in December 2013. &amp;quot;He will always be my hero. His life was a gift to us all,&amp;quot; Winfrey wrote at the time. Also in attendance will be Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom stars Idris Elba and Naomie Harris. Vin Diesel, Terry Crews, Nia Long, Arsenio Hall, Regina Hall, Octavia Spencer and Tyler Perry will be among the awards presenters. Morris Chestnut, Tyrese Gibson, Ed Asner and Ben Veree will hand out trophies as well, with Dennis Haysbert serving as the gala&amp;#039;s announcer. The very first NAACP Image Awards ceremony was held in 1967. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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