RIP, Frank Durkan

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From The Guardian:
Frank Durkan, a lawyer and activist who defended Irish-Americans entangled with the law due to their involvement in the politics of Northern Ireland, died Thursday. He was 76.

Durkan, who lived in Rye, N.Y., died at a hospital in Greenwich, Conn., after suffering from pulmonary lung failure, his daughter Mary Louise Martin said.

Known as a fierce defender, Durkan counted among his most famous clients George Harrison, who for many years was the main gunrunner of the Irish Republican Army in the United States.

Harrison and four co-defendants, who had been caught with dozens of machine guns and other weapons, were found not guilty after Durkan convinced the jury that the CIA was the true culprit behind the scheme.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6227848,00.html