 Up until his death, he had continued to profess his belief that there had been state collusion in his son's killing.He denounced the findings of the inquiry released in 2010 as a "total whitewash and a failure to get at the truth".Owing to his uncompromising stance as an upholder of Ulster loyalism and opposition to the peace process, Wright has, since his death, become the most revered loyalist icon and cult figure in the history of the Troubles.