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Kim Il Sung, North Korea’s communist leader for 46 years, dies 20 years ago today (July 8 1994)

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Video: 'From the archives: Kim Il Sung dies'

(Friday, July 8, 1994) — Kim Il Sung, North Korea’s communist leader since 1948, died today at age 82 after collapsing from a sudden heart attack.

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