Services Trust. Death On 20 September 2020, it was announced that Cook had died after being diagnosed with COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Ireland. According to his family, he died on 19 September 2020, at Craigavon Area Hospital. He had suffered a stroke two years before. He was survived by his wife Fionnuala, his sisters Alison and Nora, his daughter Barbary, his sons John, Patrick, Julius, and Dominic, and his granddaughters Romy and Imogen. References Alliance Party of Northern Ireland politicians Members of Belfast City Council Lord Mayors of Belfast Northern Ireland MPAs 1982–1986 Solicitors from Northern Ireland 1944 births 2020 deaths Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Ireland Alliance Party of Northern Ireland councillors Politicians from Leicester Alliance Party parliamentary candidates