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| 'Fidelito' dead: Fidel Castro's eldest son, scientist Fidel Castro Díaz–Balart, dies aged 68 | 'Fidelito' dead: Fidel Castro's eldest son, scientist Fidel Castro Díaz–Balart, dies aged 68 |
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| Fidel Castro’s eldest son "Fidelito" has died after making an attempt on his own life, Cuban state media reported. | Fidel Castro’s eldest son "Fidelito" has died after making an attempt on his own life, Cuban state media reported. |
| Official state newspaper Granma said that Fidel Ángel Castro Díaz-Balart, also known as “Fidelito”, had died following months of treatment for depression. | Official state newspaper Granma said that Fidel Ángel Castro Díaz-Balart, also known as “Fidelito”, had died following months of treatment for depression. |
| Part of the treatment included hospitalisation, the paper said. | Part of the treatment included hospitalisation, the paper said. |
| His father Fidel Castro, a revolutionary turned longserving leader of communist Cuba, died in 2016. Mr Díaz-Balart is believed to be one of several children that Mr Castro fathered with multiple different women. | His father Fidel Castro, a revolutionary turned longserving leader of communist Cuba, died in 2016. Mr Díaz-Balart is believed to be one of several children that Mr Castro fathered with multiple different women. |
| He was born in 1949 after his mother, Mirta Díaz-Balart, married a young Fidel Castro who was still years away from leading in insurrection that toppled the government of Fulgencio Batista. She was reportedly the only woman that Mr Castro ever married. | He was born in 1949 after his mother, Mirta Díaz-Balart, married a young Fidel Castro who was still years away from leading in insurrection that toppled the government of Fulgencio Batista. She was reportedly the only woman that Mr Castro ever married. |
| Ms Díaz-Balart returned to Cuba over the years to visit her son after having moved to Spain. | Ms Díaz-Balart returned to Cuba over the years to visit her son after having moved to Spain. |
| Mr Díaz-Balart served for a time as head of Cuba’s nuclear power programme, according toThe Miami Herald. He was fired from that position by Fidel Castro himself, the Daily Beast reported. | Mr Díaz-Balart served for a time as head of Cuba’s nuclear power programme, according toThe Miami Herald. He was fired from that position by Fidel Castro himself, the Daily Beast reported. |
| “There was no resignation,” Mr Castro reportedly said. “He was fired for incompetence. We don’t have a monarchy here.” | “There was no resignation,” Mr Castro reportedly said. “He was fired for incompetence. We don’t have a monarchy here.” |
| Mr Díaz-Balart had studied nuclear physics in the Soviet Union, a key patron and ally of Cuba after the country's Communist takeover. | |
| More recently he was a scientific advisor to the Council of State and Vice President of the Academy of Sciences of Cuba, Granma said. | More recently he was a scientific advisor to the Council of State and Vice President of the Academy of Sciences of Cuba, Granma said. |
| The paper said Mr Díaz-Balart’s family would handle funeral arrangements. | The paper said Mr Díaz-Balart’s family would handle funeral arrangements. |