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The founder of the communist nation, Kim Jong Il had been in power since 1994 .

(CNN) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is dead, North Korean state TV said Monday.

Kim, 69, died at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, state TV said.

A broadcaster reported that Kim died due to "overwork" after "dedicating his life to the people."

Kim died of "great mental and physical strain" while in a train during a "field guidance tour," North Korea's state-run KCNA news agency reported.

A look back at the life of Kim Jong Il

More specifically, the agency noted that Kim suffered a heart attack and couldn't be saved despite the use of "every possible first-aid measure."

He had been treated for "cardiac and cerebrovascular diseases for a long period," KCNA noted.

South Korea's military declared an "emergency alert" following Kim's death, according to South Korean news agency Yonhap.

Report: Kim Jong Il dead

North Korea: Our leader is dead

North Korean and communist party officials "released a notice on Saturday informing" members of the Workers' Party of Korea, military "and all other people" of Kim's passing, according to KCNA.

The son of Kim Il Song, the founder of the communist nation, Kim Jong Il had been in power since 1994 when his father died of a heart attack at age 82.

The enigmatic leader was a frequent thorn in the side of neighboring South Korea, as well as the United States. There have been reports in recent years about his health, as well as that power will be transitioned to his son, Kim Jong Un.

North Korea's nuclear program -- and international attempts to hinder its nuclear weaponry potential -- put Kim at odds with many world leaders in recent years, as did his governing style.

Under his leadership, North Korea was largely closed off to outside influences, fearful of threats from its neighbors and subject to decades of political socialization. At the same time, it also sought international aid after extensive famines that contributed to the deaths of tens of thousands of people.

North Korean news reports earlier this fall indicated that Kim Jong Il had been traveling around the country and visiting China, a big change from 2009 when he was thought to be ill with cancer.

Two senior U.S. military officials said then that they believed the pace of North Korea's planned regime change from Kim to his 20-something son appeared to have slowed.

The son, also known as Kim, started his career as a four-star general and in recent years was given more official duties by his father.

CNN's Wolf Blitzer, who traveled to Pyongyang a year ago with former U.S. ambassador Bill Richardson, said that "the assumption (then) was that he was sick" but still in "decent shape."

Now it is a "totally uncertain situation," Blitzer said.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/18/world/asia/north-korea-leader-dead/?hpt=hp_t1




Dan

No longer is Kim Jong Ill.

He's Kim Jong Dead.

Another leader gone,Thank god and good riddance, Osama Bin Laden,Khaddafy and now Kim Jong Ill, Who's next?  >:(

Another leader gone,Thank god and good riddance, Osama Bin Laden,Khaddafy and now Kim Jong Ill, Who's next?  >:(


The smart money is on Margaret Thatcher...

...or possibly Mugabe...

Both would be pretty dam' super...

Fidel Castro maybe ?

(Obligatory dictatorial deadpool bet: Hugo Chavez, within three months.)

I come not here to mourn the dead.  I come here to mock him.

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 - Jimmy "Bo" Horne, Dance Across the Floor, 1978

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 - LFMAO, Party Rock Anthem, 2010.

Enjoy it while ya can.  The pudgy kid is the dumbest of the possible successors.  Now, as long as he agrees to be the generals' puppet, he'll get all the (whatever it is he likes in lieu of Dad's Hennessy-and-hookers habit) and the world will have the stability of the status quo.  If any of the generals actually decides that they have to start a war in order to impress the Silly Successor, things are gonna get really interesting in the first week or two of 2012.

On a more serious note, if you didn't get to "enjoy" (and I use that word loosely) it while it was there, check out the Vice Guide to North Korea.

And if you thought that was morbidly fascinating, take an hour or two of reading time and follow along with the trip these crazy guys took in 2008: the first - and the last - trip that any tourist will ever manage to take in North Korea without a handler.

Should I be surprised?  It's not like his name was Kim Jong Healthy

Fidel Castro maybe ?


I think so, he has been looking sickly for the past couple of years.

Should I be surprised?  It's not like his name was Kim Jong Healthy


or Kim Jong Sick.

or Kim Jong Sick.


*slaps hand on forehead*

or Kim Jong Sick.
Kim Jong-Unwell

Kim Jong-Unwell


Kim Jong E. VIL



Dan

No longer is Kim Jong Ill.

He's Kim Jong Dead.


And we can call his son Kim Young-'Un.  :P

And we can call his son Kim Young-'Un.  :P

We are still not sure if the ruling will go to Kim Jong-Un, Khloe Jong-Un, or Kourtney Joung-Un!
But with Il dead, along with Khadafi and Bin Laden, if we knock off Chavez and Ahmadenijad, we will have completely buried President Bush's 'Axis Of Evil'. Then those five can fight with Lenin, Hitler, Mussolini, and Hirohito in Dam-Nation for eternity!

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Doc
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The guy from MAD Tv^

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