IN PICTURES | The life of human rights lawyer George Bizos

February 2 2012. George Bizos during a photo shoot for the '21 Icons' project.
Image: GARY VAN WYK

Renowned human rights activist and lawyer George Bizos died on Thursday aged 91.

We look back in his heroic life in pictures.

1960s. Portrait of a young George Bizos outside court, carrying his robes.
Image: Len Gallagher. © Rand Daily Mail/ Tiso Blackstar Group

November 18 1977. George Bizos in court, acting for the family of deceased activist Steve Biko, who died in detention in police custody.
Image: Andrzej Sawa. © Rand Daily Mail/ Times Media

November 7 1972. George Bizos.
Image: Rand Daily Mail/ Tiso Blackstar Group

June 3 2014. Bizos got emotional as he spoke about the kind of man Nelson Mandela was, after the reading of his will at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Houghton, Johannesburg.
Image: Thulani Mbele. © Sowetan

September 8 2014. George Bizos, who represented the families of the 34 dead miners during the Marikana strike, was part of the large crowd of lawyers, police officers, journalists and evidence leaders gathered in Marikana, North West, on Monday.
Image: Moeletsi Mabe. © The Times

January 27 2016. Stalwarts in the struggle against apartheid Ahmed Kathrada, Denis Goldberg, Joel Joffe and George Bizos received the Freedom of the City of London at The Guildhall.
Image: Thabo Jaiyesimi