David Trimble, architect of N Ireland peace deal, dies at 77


              FILE - From left, David Trimble Northern Ireland First Minister, US President Bill Clinton, Seamus Mallon Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister, and British Prime Minister Tony Blair on the steps of Parliament Buildings, Stormont, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Dec. 13, 2000. David Trimble, a former Northern Ireland first minister who won the Nobel Peace Prize for being a key architect of the Good Friday Agreement that ended decades of conflict, has died, the Ulster Unionist Party said Monday July 25, 2022. He was 77. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison, File)
            
              FILE - The leader of the Ulster Unionist Party David Trimble leaves a polling station in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, May, 5, 2005, after voting in the Northern Ireland elections. David Trimble, a former Northern Ireland first minister who won the Nobel Peace Prize for being a key architect of the Good Friday Agreement that ended decades of conflict, has died, the Ulster Unionist Party said Monday July 25, 2022. He was 77. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison, File)
            
              FILE - The 1998 Nobel Peace Prize winners John Hume, right, and David Trimble at the Grand Hotel in Oslo, Dec. 9, 1998. The Nobel Committee praised the pair "for their efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Northern Ireland" and their roles in delivering the Good Friday accord earlier in the year. David Trimble, a former Northern Ireland first minister who won the Nobel Peace Prize for being a key architect of the Good Friday Agreement that ended decades of conflict, has died, the Ulster Unionist Party said Monday July 25, 2022. He was 77.  (AP Photo/Jon Eeg, File)
            
              FILE - U.S. President Bill Clinton, left, meets with David Trimble, first minister in the new Northern Ireland government, at the parliament buildings, in, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Dec. 13, 2000. David Trimble, a former Northern Ireland first minister who won the Nobel Peace Prize for being a key architect of the Good Friday Agreement that ended decades of conflict, has died, the Ulster Unionist Party said Monday July 25, 2022. He was 77. (Pool photo via AP, file)
            
              FILE - Ulster Unionst Party leader David Trimble talks to the media about his resignation during a press conference in Belfast, Northern Ireland, May, 9, 2005. David Trimble, a former Northern Ireland first minister who won the Nobel Peace Prize for being a key architect of the Good Friday Agreement that ended decades of conflict, has died, the Ulster Unionist Party said Monday July 25, 2022. He was 77. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison, File)
            
              FILE - A delighted Ulster Unionist Party leader David Trimble speaks to the media at a hotel in Belfast, Northern Ireland, June 16, 2003, after winning a crucial vote with his party on its continued support for the Irish peace process. David Trimble, a former Northern Ireland first minister who won the Nobel Peace Prize for being a key architect of the Good Friday Agreement that ended decades of conflict, has died, the Ulster Unionist Party said Monday July 25, 2022. He was 77. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison, File)
David Trimble, architect of N Ireland peace deal, dies at 77