Fox News is reporting that North Korean leader Kim Jong II has died. Official state reports indicate that he died of a heart attack.

Kim, reputed to have had a taste for cigars, cognac and gourmet cuisine, was believed to have had diabetes and heart disease.

North Korea is already preparing for hereditary succession. Kim Jong II inherited power after his father, revered North Korean founder Kim Il Sung, died in 1994.

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