Cuban revolutionary icon Fidel Castro dies — president

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — Cuban revolutionary icon Fidel Castro died late Friday in Havana, his brother, President Raul Castro, announced on national television.



"The commander in chief of the Cuban revolution died at 22:29 hours this evening," the president announced on national television.

Fidel Castro was 90.



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