Werner Heubeck, a former leading businessman in Northern Ireland, has died.
Mr Heubeck was Managing Director of Ulsterbus and Citybus at the height of the troubles.
He died in the Gilbert Bain Hospital in Lerwick, Shetland, where his son works. He was 85.
Mr Heubeck ran the public transport bus operation in Northern Ireland from 1965 until his retirement in 1988.
He became famous for sometimes removing bombs from hijacked buses around Belfast in an effort to keep the public transport network functioning.
He was born in Nuernberg in 1923. His leadership of the Belfast bus companies rallied the staff to keep services running throughout the times when buses were being attacked and destroyed on the streets and in their depots.
In recognition of his early achievements, he was awarded the OBE in 1977, to be followed by the award of the CBE for his services to public transport in the Queen's Birthday Honours list in 1988, the year of his retirement.
Monica, his wife of 60 years, passed away in September 2009.
Mr Heubeck himself had been fighting cancer for 30 years. He is survived by his three sons.
