Dr Ian Paisley - one of the most significant figures in Northern Ireland and its peace process - has died at the age of 88.
The Protestant preacher and politician spent years refusing any compromise with the IRA.
He opposed a series of political deals including the Anglo Irish and Good Friday Agreements
But he later entered Northern Ireland's government at Stormont with Sinn Fein in a power-sharing deal in 2007, after Sinn Fein's acceptance of a new police force.
And the former Democratic Unionist Party leader later became Northern Ireland's First Minister.
Olly Barratt reports.
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Ian Paisley earned the nickname Dr No because of his staunch Unionism and opposition to compromise with Republicans.
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In 1968 he was sent to prison, found guilty of organising an illegal march.
Protesters took to the streets on his behalf and when he was later released he was greeted as a hero.
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He became a hugely well known figure in British politics - and in 1993, when an MP at Westminster, he was suspended from the House of Commons for accusing Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Patrick Mayhew of lying about the secret Government contacts with the IRA.
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But he did finally enter the peace process - a peace process which continues in Northern Ireland.
Current leader of the opposition Labour Party Ed Miliband paying tribute to the position he took in the end after years of opposition to compromise.
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Northern Ireland journalist Eamonn Macdermott says the crucial moment in his career was towards the end of it.
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But Ian Paisley's death brings what many in Northern Ireland thought they would never hear.
Sinn Fein's Martin McGuiness says he has lost a friend.