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TOOKIE’S ASHES SCATTERED IN SOUTH AFRICA: Final wish fulfilled following Dec. 13 execution in San Quentin.
*The last wish of executed felon Stanley Tookie Williams was carried out Sunday in South Africa, according to his close friend and supporter Barbara Becnel.
In accordance with his will, the ashes of the Crips co-founder was spread out in a lake in South Africa, per his final request. A statement released Friday from Becnel announced that she and Tookie’s longtime friend Shirley Neal sprinkled his ashes into a lake at Thokoza Park in Soweto.
"On his last day of life Stan asked me to spread his ashes in South Africa," Becnel said. "He wanted to return to the motherland."
Williams, convicted of murdering four people during two 1979 holdups, was executed in California’s San Quentin prison on Dec. 13.
Before his death, Williams had gained worldwide support in his effort to reverse his death sentence, claiming he had redeemed himself by writing children’s books and encouraging kids to stay away from gangs.
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