Guest ValueCarl Posted December 19, 2011 Posted December 19, 2011 http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2011/12/north-korea-says-supreme-leader-kim-jong-il-has-died.html REPORTING FROM SEOUL -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, the mercurial strongman extolled at home as the “Dear Leader” and reviled abroad as a tyrant, has died at 69, North Korean media reported Monday. Kim’s death was announced by state television from the North Korean capital, Pyongyang. No cause of death was reported, but Kim was believed to have suffered in recent years from diabetes and heart disease.
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