State media reports that Fidel Castro’s oldest son has committed suicide after months of depression.
BREAKING: Cuban state media say Fidel Castro's eldest son has killed himself.
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 2, 2018
More from Reuters:
The son of late Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart, committed suicide on Thursday after being treated for months for depression, Cuban state-run media reported.
“Diaz-Balart, who had been attended by a group of doctors for several months due to a state of profound depression, committed suicide this morning,” Cubadebate website said.
Castro Junior, 68, also known as “Fidelito” because of how much he looked like his father, had initially been hospitalized for depression and then continued treatment outside of hospital.
Of course, there’s always odd “suicides” when the line of succession is unclear in monstrous dictatorships like Cuba’s, so take it all with a grain of salt…
Here he is speaking in 2015: