See photos of Desmond Tutu through the years

Nobel Peace Laureate Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu interacts with a young boy during a church service in celebration of his 85th birthday at St. Georges Cathedral in Cape Town, South Africa, on Oct. 7, 2016.

Harry Belafonte, left, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu attend the inauguration for the new mayor of New York City David Dinkins in a ceremony at City Hall in New York City on Jan. 1, 1990.

Bishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa, representing the Freedom Center, shakes hands with John Whitehead, chairman of LMDC, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and Governor George Pataki at the ceremony announcing the selcted cultural institutions for the the Cultural Buidling site at the World Trade Center on June 10, 2004.

Bishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa, representing the Freedom Center, spkeaks at the ceremony announcing the selcted cultural institutions for the the Cultural Buidling site at the World Trade Center held at Winter Garden on June 10, 2004.

Former South African Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu speaks during a church service in celebration of his 85th birthday at St. Georges Cathedral in Cape Town, South Africa, on Oct. 7, 2016.

In this file photo taken on Dec. 11, 2006, South African Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu gestures during a press conference at the United Nations Office in Geneva.

In this file photo taken on March 21, 2003, South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu hands over the Truth and Reconcilliation Report to South African President Thabo Mbeki, in Pretoria.

In this file photo taken on May 20, 1998 Archbishop Desmond Tutu receives assistance from Cape Town mayor Theresa Solomon in untying a scroll proclaiming his Freedom of the Cape Town at the Civic Centre in Cape Town, seven months after conservative city councillors voted against awarding him the honor.

In this file photo taken on Dec. 18, 2000, Oprah Winfrey greets former South African anti-apatheid icon and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Winfrey met Tutu during the opening of an independent movie house chain, owned by renowned producer Anant Singh, looking on in the background.

In this file photo taken on Sept. 25, 2019, Britain's Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, hold their baby son Archie as they meet with Archbishop Desmond Tutu and his wife Leah at the Tutu Legacy Foundation in Cape Town.

In this file photo taken on May 30, 1985, French Minister of National Education Jean-Pierre Chevenement shakes hands with the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize Mother Teresa during an International colloquy called "Liberties and Human rights" at the Hotel de Lassay in Paris on May 30, 1985.

South Africa's Desmond Tutu, Archbishop and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, reacts about Israel blocked Tutu's UN mission to Beit Hanun, during a press conference at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, on Dec. 11, 2006.

In this file photo taken on Aug. 22, 1986, South African activist and Nobel Peace Prize and Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu gives a press conference at St. Alban's Anglican Mission Church, in Johannesburg.

Pope John Paul II and Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu at Vatican City on May 27, 1980.

In this file photo taken on May 31, 1985, South African activist and Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Prime minister Laurent Fabius leave the Hotel Matignon to walk to the National Assembly to attend the International colloquy called "Liberties and Human rights" at the Hotel de Lassay in Paris.

South Africa's Desmond Tutu, Archbishop and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, delivers his speech during the 61st World Health Organization annual assembly at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, on May 20, 2008.

Retired Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa gestures during the opening concert for the soccer World Cup at Orlando stadium in Soweto, South Africa, on June 10, 2010.

South African Bishop Desmond Tutu waves during a speech against apartheid, to a crowd of demonstrators, on Jan. 8, 1986, outside the South African Embassy in Washington.

Former African Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu attends an interfaith service in a church in Deventer, eastern Netherlands, on Sept. 21, 2012.

In this file photo taken on Aug. 21, 2006, Desmond Tutu, Archbishop Emeritus and Nobel Peace Prize winner, meets with former President Barack Obama at Tutu's offices in Cape Town.