US congressman John Lewis dies of Pancreatic cancer

Civil rights pioneer who marched with Martin Luther King Jr,John Lewis died of pancreatic cancer at age 80.

He was a notable speaker at the 1963 March on Washington and in the consequential 1965 march in his native Alabama.

Mr Lewis kept up the fight for civil rights until the end of his life. He made his last public appearance in June, as protests for racial justice swept the United States and the world.

May his soul rest in peace.