John Hume, a moderate Catholic who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in reconciliation in Northern Ireland, died Monday at the age of 83, his family announced.
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" John died in the early morning after a short illness, " the family of the former Catholic nationalist leader, Nobel laureate in 1998, the year of the signing of the Good Friday peace agreement, said in a statement. , with the Protestant leader of the Unionist Party of Ulster David Trimble.