Fidel Castro's son has died by suicide, state media say

Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart was for a time head of Cuba's national nuclear program


The eldest son of late Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart, killed himself on Thursday aged 68 after being treated for months for depression, Cuban state-run media reported. The nuclear scientist, also known as "Fidelito", or Little Fidel, because of how much he looked like his father, had initially been hospitalized and then continued treatment as an outpatient. -- More...

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