"However he did dedicate himself to peace and reconciliation for much of his later life so he will also be remembered as a major influence in drawing loyalism away from sectarian strife, " he added.
There's also no doubt he played a crucial role in encouraging loyalism to pursue a peace strategy in the 1990s - a role symbolised in his 1994 expression of "abject and true remorse" to the innocent victims of loyalist violence.