Mr. Hume, a founder member and former leader of the SDLP was awarded the Nobel peace prize in 1998 after the ratification of the Belfast Agreement.
SDLP leader, Colum Eastwood, said Mr. Hume’s passing was a “loss of the 20th century”.
US President Bill Clinton called him ‘Ireland’s Martin Luther King’ while First Minister Arlene Foster described him as “a giant in Irish nationalism”
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The Episcopal Ordination Mass of Monsignor Eamon Martin as Coadjutor Archbishop of Armagh at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh. Archbishop Martin greets John Hume outside the cathedral after the service
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Pat Hume with her husband and former SDLP leader John Hume and Bill Clinton walk across the Peace Bridge.
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SDLP Annual Conference at the Slieve Donard Hotel in Newcastle in County Down where delegates were choosing a new party leader. Mark Durkan MLA, MP, pictured with wife Jackie and five-year-old daughter Dearbhail with John Hume after addressing the party conference.