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Cuban state media reports Fidel Castro's eldest son commits suicide

Published  February 1, 2018 9:28pm EST
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FOX 5 New York
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Fidel 'Fidelito' Castro Diaz-Balart, son of Cuban revoloutionary leader Fidel Castro, on February 27, 2015 in Havana, Cuba (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

HAVANA (AP) - Cuba state media is reporting that the oldest son of late Cuban leader Fidel Castro has killed himself.

Official website Cubadebate says Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart took his life Thursday after months of treatment for a "deeply depressed state." He was 68.

The eldest son of Cuba's former leader was known for his distinctive beard and resemblance to his father.

A brief note read on state television said that his treatment had "required a hospitalization regime then outpatient follow-up."

Castro Diaz-Balart's mother was Mirta Diaz-Balart, a woman from Cuba's aristocracy who Castrol married in his youth before beginning the revolutionary struggle that later brought him and his brother Raul to power.