Kim Jong il Dead – North Korea Leader Died at 69

Kim Jong Il, the North Korean dictator and leader is reported dead by the North Korean state TV.

Kim, died at 8:30 a.m. Saturday of a heart attack and couldn’t be saved despite the use of “every possible first-aid measure.”

Kim Jong il’s funeral will be on December 28th. A national mourning period is extended until December 29, said the news agency.

In September 2010, Kim announced that his foreign-educated third son, Kim Jong Eun, would succeed him as the regime’s third leader since its emergence more than a half century ago.