Gerry Conlon, Subject of Oscar-Nominated 'In the Name of the Father,' Dies at 60 — hollywoodreporter.com

LONDON – Gerry Conlon, the Irishman wrongly convicted of an IRA bomb attack in the U.K. in 1974 whose story was made famous by Jim Sheridan’s Oscar-nominated 1993 drama In the Name of the Father, has died at the age of 60. He is believed to have been ill for some time and passed away at his Belfast home in Northern Ireland. Conlon, played by Daniel Day-Lewis in the film, was one of the "Guildford Four" who were handed life sentences for pub bombings that killed five people and injured 65.

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