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Kim died at 8:15am local time, an aide said.

Hospital officials said the former prime minister was taken to Soonchunhyang University Hospital in Seoul from his home in Shindang-dong.

But Kim passed away before he had arrived.

He was known as one of the "three Kims," together with former Presidents Kim Young-sam and Kim Dae-jung.