politician john hume has died at the age of 83 in 1998 he was awarded the nobel peace prize along with david turnbull for their efforts to end decades of bloodshed in northern ireland with the so-called good friday agreement statement from humes family said he died after a short illness. our land is not a romantic dream it is not a flag it is 4500000 people divided into 2 powerful traditions those are the words of northern irish politician john hume to translate his lifelong commitment to reconcile the 2 are in the hands of the. qatari can $85.00 londonderry hume was one of the founders of the northern ireland social democratic and labor party which he went on to lead he advocated for a united ireland to peaceful reconciliation between cattle accent protestants hume was one of the architects of the good friday agreement that would put an end to decades of sectarian violence in northern ireland in eastern 1998 the same year he's private a role in the agreement earned him the nobel peace prize alongside their leader at a protestant official guinea's party david trimble hume credited the people of both