John Hume, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, for his work on reconciliation in Northern Ireland dies

• On a day like today, Northern Ireland, a peace threatened by Brexit

John Hume , a moderate Catholic, a key player in the Northern Ireland Good Friday peace agreement and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, died on Monday at the age of 83, his family and the Party announced in a statement. Social Democrat and Labor (SDLP).

"John died at dawn after a short illness," announces the family statement of the former nationalist Catholic leader, winner of the Nobel Prize in 1998, the year of the signing of the Good Friday peace agreement, with the Protestant leader of the Unionist Party of the Ulster, David Trimble.

"The death of John Hume represents the loss of the most significant and relevant Irish political figure of the 20th century," SDLP leader Colum Eastwood said in a statement. "It is a historic moment on this island, but above all it is a moment of deep sadness."

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