Kim Jong Il

Leader Kim Jong Il watches an army firing drill at an undisclosed place in North Korea in an undated picture released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency. Kim died at 69, North Korean media reported Monday. (AFP / Getty Images)

March 21, 2014 9:26 AM PT

State television in North Korea announced the death of leader Kim Jong Il.
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Kim Jong Il, right, and Kim Yong Nam, president of the People’s Congress, at a military parade on April 25, 2002, in Pyongyang celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the North Korean People’s Army. (Katsumi Kasahara / Associated Press)

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and Russian President Vladimir Putin share a warm embrace in Vladivostok in 2002. Kim’s death was reported Monday; he was 69. (Sergei Chirikov / AFP/Getty Images)

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