Article 61SN0 David Trimble, key architect of Good Friday agreement, dies aged 77

David Trimble, key architect of Good Friday agreement, dies aged 77

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Ben Quinn and Martin Belam
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Former first minister of Northern Ireland played crucial role in peace agreement that ended the Troubles

David Trimble, Northern Ireland's inaugural first minister and a crucial unionist architect of the Good Friday agreement, has died aged 77.

His death on Monday was announced by the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), the party he led into a historic power-sharing arrangement between nationalists and republicans in Northern Ireland.

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