(FILES) This file photo taken on March 3, 2015 shows Nobel laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel as Israel's Prime Minister addresses a joint session of the US Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. Wiesel, the Holocaust survivor, renowned writer and Nobel peace laureate who worked to keep alive the memory of Jews slaughtered during World War II, has died, the Yad Vashem Holocaust research centre said on July 2, 2016. A spokesman for the centre confirmed Wiesel's death to AFP, but had no further details. He was reported to be 87 and had been living in the United States. / AFP PHOTO / NICHOLAS KAMMNICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images