Gerry Conlon, the subject of 1993 film In The Name Of The Father, has died. He was 60.
The Irishman, who was wrongly convicted of an Ira bomb attack in the UK in 1974, passed away at his home in Belfast after a period of ill health.
Colon - played by Sir Daniel Day-Lewis in the Oscar-nominated film - was one of the Guildford Four who received a life sentence for bombing a pub, which saw five people killed and 65 injured.
He served 15 years in prison before his convictions were quashed in 1989.
In the Name of the Father was adapted from his autobiography 'Proved Innocent: The Story of Gerry Conlon of the Guildford Four', and was directed by Jim Sheridan.
The Irishman, who was wrongly convicted of an Ira bomb attack in the UK in 1974, passed away at his home in Belfast after a period of ill health.
Colon - played by Sir Daniel Day-Lewis in the Oscar-nominated film - was one of the Guildford Four who received a life sentence for bombing a pub, which saw five people killed and 65 injured.
He served 15 years in prison before his convictions were quashed in 1989.
In the Name of the Father was adapted from his autobiography 'Proved Innocent: The Story of Gerry Conlon of the Guildford Four', and was directed by Jim Sheridan.
- 6/21/2014
- Digital Spy
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