So Kim Jong Il is dead...

Maury V.

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Link right here.

Kim Jong Il, North Korea's mercurial and enigmatic leader, has died. He was 69.

Kim's death was announced Monday by state television from the North Korean capital, Pyongyang.

Kim is believed to have suffered a stroke in 2008 but appeared relatively vigorous in photos and video from recent trips to China and Russia and in numerous trips around the country carefully documented by state media.


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

The news came as North Korea prepared for a hereditary succession. Kim Jong Il inherited power after his father, revered North Korean founder Kim Il Sung, died in 1994.

In September 2010, Kim Jong Il unveiled his third son, the twenty-something Kim Jong Un, as his successor, putting him in high-ranking posts.

Let's begin!
 

aria

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RIP Sweet Prince

(wait, we're talking about an anime actor, right?)
 

lithy

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Can't believe he was 69.

Time to bomb the shit out of them I guess.

Pyongyang is one of the coolest and creepiest looking cities.

8 lane highways that stretch for miles without a car in sight.
 

aria

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I bet the NYT is dusting off and updating one of their excellent obits as we speak.

I've always wanted to see an obit department planning out the big obits of people they figure may be on the way out in the near future. Of course, the guy who wrote Bob Hope's obit actually died before Hope did by a few years.
 

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He lives forever in our hearts.
 

SML

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By the way, heir presumptive Kim Jong-un is 27. I can't wait to learn more about this dude.
 

Lagduf

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LOL he died of "overwork" after "dedicating his life to the people."

:kekeke:
 

Poonman

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By the way, heir presumptive Kim Jong-un is 27. I can't wait to learn more about this dude.

I wonder if he'll release those russian girls from his fathers sex dungeon.
 

aria

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Hope you enjoyed your 5 minutes of fame, Vaclav Havel, you just got pushed aside.
 

Hikaru Ichijyo

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It seems kinda surreal to me that in the course of a year, the likes of Kim Jong Il, Muammar Gaddafi, and Osama Bin Laden have all croaked.

I've seen that Asian markets are down because of this and I hope Kim Jong Butterball doesn't try to "honor" his father by doing something provocative towards the South. Most of my family on my mom's side live in/around Seoul and I can't help but worry for them. :confused:
 

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I hope Kim Jong Butterball doesn't try to "honor" his father by doing something provocative towards the South. Most of my family on my mom's side live in/around Seoul and I can't help but worry for them. :confused:

When he was announced as heir, that was the assumption. He's apparently a brat who rushes to judgement and makes rash decisions in normal everyday life scenarios, so a lot of people are worried this guy's going to be volatile. His father talked a lot of shit, but the kid might be crazy enough to pull some of it off.
 

OrochiEddie

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Now who will change the seasons? Who will make the rain fall? Who will keep Hennessy in business.

WHO!?
 

fake

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It seems kinda surreal to me that in the course of a year, the likes of Kim Jong Il, Muammar Gaddafi, and Osama Bin Laden have all croaked.

I tried to fine a screen shot of Forgotten Worlds with the captions "But are they really dead?"
 

Wachenroder

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Goddamn this year has been an eventful year. I wonder of the ramifications...
 

NGT

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Ok homeless people of Oakland California!!!!! New mission! Occupy North Korea!! Get your tents!!!
 

cdamm

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ahhh. you beat me to it, so ill just leave this here.

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cdamm

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also, there goes my shot at playing the best golfer the world has ever seen.
 
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