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Kim Jong-Il
Dead
Born: 2/16/1942 in Vyatskoye, Russia, U.S.S.R.Died: 12/17/2011
Age: 69
Cause of death: heart attack
Full name: Yuri Irsenovich Kim
Noted For: Communist dictator of North Korea (1994-2011). Ordered the bombing of a Korean Air Flight jet, killing 115 people (1987). Signed an agreement to refrain from developing nuclear weapons (1994), but continued to perform underground nuclear testing. Son of Kim Il-sung, the previous dictator, and father of Kim Jong-un, the next.
