Catholic Bishop Edward Daly, who famously assisted the victims wounded in the Bloody Sunday massacre, has died at the age of 82.
Daly was immortalised in photos from the massacre, waving his blood-soaked handkerchief as he tried to help the fatally injured teenager Jackie Duddy.
A Fermanagh man by birth, Daly served as Bishop of Derry between 1974 and 1993. He was awarded Freedom of the City by the Derry City Council last year.
His face will be to familiar to all those who have reflected on Irish history. The iconic photo of Daly helping a slain innocent young man became emblematic of the senseless civilian casualties Ireland endured during the Troubles.
His likeness is memorialised in murals on Derry walls. It has been reported that he died this morning, surrounded by family.
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