SAVIDGE: A memorial service will be held today in South Carolina to celebrate the life of Emily Clyburn, the Civil Rights activist and wife of Democratic House Majority Whip James Clyburn died Thursday morning at the age of 80. Her funeral will be tomorrow morning in Charleston. The Governor has ordered flags flown at half-staff tomorrow in her honor. What should have been a romantic marriage proposal ended in tragedy for an American couple vacationing in Africa. They were staying in a cabin with a bedroom submerged beneath the ocean off the coast to Tanzania. The man swam underwater holding a handwritten proposal but he never made it to the surface. Farai Sevenzo reports.</s>FARAI SEVENZO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Tragedy struck for an American man who died while he was proposing to his girlfriend underwater. He wrote in a note, "I can't hold my breath long enough to tell you everything I love about you, but everything I love about you I love more every day. Will you please be my wife?" Sadly, he didn't resurface. And his girlfriend went on to post in her Facebook posts, "You never emerged from those depths, so you never got to hear my answer. Yes, yes, a million times yes, I will marry you." But of course he had already died. She went on to say, we never got to embrace and celebrate the beginning of the rest of our lives together as the best day of our lives turned into the worst in the cruelest twist of fate imaginable. The U.S. State Department confirmed that a U.S. tourist had died in Tanzania. And of course, this has touched many people across social media. Farai Sevenzo, CNN, Nairobi.</s>SAVIDGE: And it has indeed. There's a lot more ahead of the NEWSROOM, but first a quick programming down for you. Lisa Ling, she is returning for another provocative season of "This Is Life." From swingers to gangs, it's all going to begin though with porn. What is it teaching our kids? Now, that will be Sunday, September 29 at 10:00 p.m. on CNN.
Man Dies During Underwater Marriage Proposal