Fidel Castro’s Eldest Son ‘Takes Own Life’

Fidel Castro’s Eldest Son ‘Takes Own Life’
File photo dated February 2002 of Castro's elder son, nuclear physicist Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart (R), during the Havana Book Fair opening. Adalberto Roque/AFP/Getty Images
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HAVANA—The eldest son of late Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart, committed suicide on Thursday Feb. 2 aged 68 after being treated for months for depression, according to Cuban state-run media.

He was also known as “Fidelito”, or Little Fidel, because of how much he looked like his father, had initially been hospitalized and then continued treatment as an outpatient.