Rights Activist and Ex-Greenpeace Head Wuori Dies
Date: 18-Oct-05
Country: FINLAND
Wuori died in Helsinki on Saturday of lung cancer, aged 60, his office said.
He was a member of the European Parliament's green group for five years from 1999 and combined serving as an MEP with campaigning for greater democracy in the EU.
A prominent environmental activist, Wuori was chairman of Greenpeace International from 1991 to 1993.
He was a special adviser from 1996 to 1998 to South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which was chaired by Nobel Peace Prize-winner Desmond Tutu to probe apartheid-era crimes.
Wuori, who spoke five languages and read 13, wrote several books, including a critical essay "Faust's Dream" and "The Deck Chairs of the Titanic".
He also played a cameo role as a lawyer in the Finnish comedy-drama "The Man Without a Past", which won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival in 2002.