The death of Kim Jong Il
His death was announced Monday, Dec. 19, 2011 by state television two days after he died.
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Kim Jong Il has died
North Korean television has announced in a "special broadcast" that the communist country's leader Kim Jong Il has died in Pyongyang. He was 69. Kim is believed to have suffered a stroke in 2008 and was believed to have had diabetes and heart disease.
Credit: AP Photo/Vincent Yu
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