stated Storey would be suing for unlawful arrest. Death Storey died in Newcastle upon Tyne, England on 21 June 2020 following an unsuccessful lung transplant surgery. Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald described him as "a great republican" in her tribute. His funeral procession in Belfast on 30 June was attended by over 1,500 people including McDonald, deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill, and former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams, but was criticised for breaking social distancing rules implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic which, at the time operating in Northern Ireland, limited funeral numbers to no more than 30 mourners. Cultural references In the 2017 film Maze dramatising the 1983 prison break, directed by Stephen Burke, Storey was portrayed by Irish actor Cillian O'Sullivan. References External links The Trouble with Guns – journalist Malachi O'Doherty's account of a meeting with Storey in 1995 Escapees from British detention Irish escapees 1956 births 2020 deaths People acquitted of murder Paramilitaries from Belfast Place of birth missing Provisional Irish Republican Army members Republicans imprisoned during the Northern Ireland conflict