July 1 1998: First Minister of the assembly David Trimble and Deputy First Minister Seamus Mallon enjoy some humour after being elected at Castle Buildings. Pic: Paul Faith/Pacemaker 

July 1 1998: David Trimble and Seamus Mallon are elected first and deputy first minister respectively with speaker Lord Alderdice looking on 

March 4 1998: David Trimble and Seamus Mallon in Poyntzpass were they visited the familys of Philip Allen and Damien Trainor who were shot ead by the LVF in March 1998, weeks before the Good Friday Agreement was signed. Pic Paul Faith/Pacemaker 

April 10 2018: Seamus Mallon, SDLP, Monica McWilliams, former Womens Coalition and Peter Robinson, former DUP leader at Queens University to mark the 20th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. Picture Mal McCann

April 10 2018: (back row left to right) Jonathan Powell, Lord John Alderdice, Lord David Trimble, Sir Reg Empey, Lord Paul Murphy of Torfaen and (front row left to right) Professor Monica McWilliams, Seamus Mallon, former taoiseach Bertie Ahern, Senator George Mitchell and Gerry Adams, at an event to mark the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, at Queen's University in Belfast. Picture by Brian Lawless/PA Wire 

May 18 2019: Former Deputy Leader of the SDLP Seamus Mallon at home. Picture by Mal McCann 

May 18 2019: Former Deputy Leader of the SDLP Seamus Mallon at home. Picture by Mal McCann 

May 18 2019: Former Deputy Leader of the SDLP Seamus Mallon at home. Picture by Mal McCann 

May 18 2019: Former Deputy Leader of the SDLP Seamus Mallon at home. Picture by Mal McCann 

October 19 2016: Seamus Mallon is comforted at the funeral of his late wife Gertrude Mallon in Mullabrack, Co Armagh. Picture by Mal McCann 

October 20 2000: His Holiness the Dalai Lama meets Deputy First Minister Seamus Mallon and presents him with a white scarf during their meeting in the Waterfront Hall 

May 23 2001: Seamus Mallon pictured yesterday at the launch of the SDLP manifesto as SDLP leader John Hume looks on. Picture by Hugh Russell

October 29 2015: Former Deputy First Minister Seamus Mallon and SDLP leadership candidate Colm Eastwood with Jessie, Mr Mallon's King Charles Spaniel. Picture: Cliff Donaldson 

May 30 2019: Seamus Mallon with his daughter Orla Lenny and granddaughter Lara Lenny (aged 9) as he launched his book A Shared Home Place.  Picture by Declan Roughan