Len Aldis, a campaigner for peace known throughout the world, passed away last week at his home in London at the age of 85.

Aldis’s friends had been worried that he had not answered or responded to phone calls recently, and decided to ask police for help.

The 85-year-old activist was found dead at home on November 27. The death is not being treated as suspicious.

Aldis, secretary of the Britain-Vietnam Friendship Society, spent his whole life fighting for justice and supporting Agent Orange victims in Vietnam, starting in 1989.

He returned annually to the country to assist people who had suffered the effects of Agent Orange, a toxic chemical the U.S. sprayed on Vietnam during wartime.

Besides continually giving gifts and money to people who suffered in wartime, Aldis was the man who exposed the multi-generational effects of the chemical warfare.

Last August, he sold souvenirs and handicraft items he had collected from previous visits to Vietnam to raise funds for Agent Orange victims, the Vietnam News Agency reported.

In 2010, former deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem said in a letter sent to Aldis on his 80th birthday that the Vietnamese government and people highly appreciated and respected the contributions of Aldis to Vietnam.

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