Former leader of the SDLP and Nobel laureate John Hume has died at the age of 83
Portrait of Irish politician John Hume as he poses on a rooftop that overlooks the Catholic Bogside neighborhood, Derry, Northern Ireland, 1970. He went on to win a Nobel Peace Prize for his role in various agreements, including the Good Friday Agreement, during the Northern Ireland peace process. Photograph: Leif Skoogfors/Getty Images
20th October 1971: Bernadette Devlin, independent MP for Mid-Ulster, with three Stormont opposition MP's (left to right), John Hume, Austin Currie and Paddy O'Hanlon, continue their two-day sit-in hunger strike outside 10 Downing Street to press their demand for a public enquiry into the treatment of detainees in Northern Ireland.
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19th October 1971: Irish politicians Paddy O'Hanlon and John Hume asleep in their sleeping bags during their 48-hour hunger strike at Downing Street, London.
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Eaton Square, London, 18th October, 1971, Northern Ireland Stormont MP's Austin Currie (left) and John Hume arriving at the Irish Club in Eaton Square to put a plea to MP's at Westminster.
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John Hume is detained by soldiers during a civil rights protest in Derry in August 1971.
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Magilligan Anti-Internment Rally, Derry 1972. Mr John Hume who participated in the rally, speaking to a British army soldier. Photograph: Jimmy McCormack / The Irish Times
A squad of helmeted riot police with shields move in to break up a mob of demonstrators, civil rights leader John Hume, a member of the Ulster Parliament is seen here stepping into their path pleading with them not to use violence in the centre of Derry. 21st April 1969
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February 1969. Mr. John Hume, the Civil Rights leader, who is contesting Mr. Eddie McAteer's seat as an Independent, also cast his vote at the Holy Child polling station yesterday morning.
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November 1985. John Hume SDLP Leader.
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June 1982. SDLP Conference. The SDLP leader, Mr John Hume, and the Fine Gael leader, Dr Garret FitzGerald, at the conference, yesterday in The Europa hotel, Belfast.
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March 1983. At a meeting in Leinster House to discuss arrangements for an all-Ireland forum were from left John Hume MEP, leader of the SDLP, the Taoiseach, Dr Garret FitzGerald, the Fianna Fail Leader Charles Haughey, and the Tanaiste, Dick Spring. Photograph: Peter Thursfield/The Irish Times
1982. Meeting between the British prime minister Margaret Thatcher and John Hume, Northern Ireland leader of the SDLP.
Irish politician John Hume, circa 1970.
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November 1996. John Hume at the SDLP annual conference. Photograph: William Cherry/Pacemaker
21/05/98: British prime minister Tony Blair chats to Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble and SDLP leader John Hume after a working breakfast at the Dunadry hotel on the outskirts of Belfast as the trio prepared for a final push for a YES vote in the next day's referendum. Photograph: Pacemaker
05/03/2014. Former US president Bill Clinton (centre) with John Hume and his wife Pat at the Guildhall in Derry, the former SDLP leader has died at the age of 83. Photograph: Paul Faith/PA Wire
19/05/98 Unionist leader David Trimble, SDLP leader John Hume and Bono and U2 pictured together on stage at the Waterfront hall in Belfast for a concert to promote a YES vote in the referendum on that Friday.
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10/12/1998. The Nobel Peace Prize winners, First Minister David Trimble and John Hume MEP display the Alfred Nobel medals and diplomas during the presentation ceremony in Oslo City Hall.
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11/04/2008 John Hume and Bono arrive at a gala banquet in Dublin Castle organised by the Turn the Tide of Suicide charity to mark the 10th anniversary of the Belfast Agreement. Photograph: Matt Kavanagh/The Irish Times
10/03/2000. SDLP party leader John Hume pictured at his home in Derry.
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6th September 1994. An Taoiseach Albert Reynolds shakes hands with Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams and SDLP leader John Hume outside Government Buildings after a discussion of ways to advance the peace process following the IRA's ceasefire announcement of August 31st. Photograph: Matt Kavanagh/The Irish Times
12/04/2000. Former South African President Nelson Mandela meeting John Hume at the South African Embassy in Dublin, the former SDLP leader has died at the age of 83. Photograph: PA
19/10/2000. The Dalai Lama (left) meeting with fellow Nobel peace laureate John Hume, the former SDLP leader has died at the age of 83.
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July 2008. John Hume on whom an honorary degree, (Doctor in Laws) was conferred with Robert Redford on whom an honorary degree (Doctor in Letters) was conferred yesterday at Trinity College.
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December 2000. US president Bill Clinton with John Hume at the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin
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27/03/2000. The SDLP leader Mr John Hume outside the Bloody Sunday Inquiry at the Guildhall in Derry.
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23/12/1999. John Hume and his wife Pat photographed at home in the Bogside, Derry. Photograph: Bryan O'Brien/The Irish Times
23/12/1999. John Hume and his wife Pat photographed above the Bogside on the city walls in Derry. Photograph: Bryan O'Brien/The Irish Times
Former SDLP leader John Hume speaking at a press conference in Belfast, Northern Ireland on 4th February 2004, where he announced he was standing down as an MEP at the European elections in June.
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