David Trimble, former Prime Minister of Northern Ireland distinguished by a Nobel Peace Prize for having worked for reconciliation between Protestants and Catholics in the British province, died Monday at the age of 77, announced the unionist party.
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It is with great sadness that the family of Lord Trimble announces that he passed away earlier today after a short illness
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