Irish bishop famously pictured with white handkerchief on Bloody Sunday has died aged 82
Photos of Dr Daly's brave actions are some of the enduring images from the Troubles in Northern Ireland
A HERO former Bishop pictured waiving a Bloody Sunday victim to safety in some of the most enduring images from the Troubles in Northern Ireland, has died in hospital with his family around him.
Dr Edward Daly, the former Catholic Bishop of Derry, waved a white handkerchief as people carried the dying body of Jack Duddy.
The shooting victim had been gunned down by soldiers on Bloody Sunday on January 30, 1972.
Dr Daly, who was originally from Belleek in County Fermanagh, was 82 when he died.
On Bloody Sunday he was a 39-year-old curate at St Eugene's Cathedral in Londonderry.
He had been a priest in the city since 1962.
He was appointed Bishop of Derry in 1974 and carried that role until his retirement in 1993.
A year later he had to retire fully after he suffered a stroke.
He continued in his role of chaplain to Derry's Foyle Hospice until February this year.
In 2011 Dr Daly said there needed to be a place in the modern Catholic Church for a married priesthood.
He said allowing clergymen to marry would ease the church's problems.
January 30, 1972, is known as Bloody Sunday after British soldiers shot dead 14 unarmed Northern Irish civilians.
Those killed were protesting against the mass arrest and imprisonment without trial of 342 people suspected of being involved with the Irish Republic Army (IRA).
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