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Former Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk has died at the age of 89 in China's capital city of Beijing, where he was being treated for illnesses.
Cambodia’s Deputy Prime Minister announced that the former King died at 2:00 a.m. Monday of natural causes and hailed him as a great king that all respected and loved. He said that King Norodom Sihamoni will fly to Beijing Monday morning to receive Norodom Sihanouk’s body and take it to Cambodia for a traditional funeral.
King Norodom Sihanouk waving to bystanders upon his return from Beijing in 1996.
Sihanouk suffered from various forms of cancer, diabetes and hypertension and had been treated by doctors in Beijing for years. Sihanouk was the King of Cambodia from 1941 to 1955 and again from 1993 until 2004. He was the effective ruler of Cambodia from 1953 until 1970.
Since his second abdication in 2004, he has been known as The King-Father of Cambodia, a position in which he retains many of his former responsibilities as constitutional monarch. Sihanouk has always maintained good relations with China. In 1965, he visited and met Chinese leader Mao Zedong.
And during his exile later, he stayed and lived in China and received official treatment.
File photo taken on Aug. 18, 2004 shows Norodom Sihanouk receiving
an interview in Beijing, capital of China. Cambodian retired King
Norodom Sihanouk died of natural cause at the age of 90 in China's
capital city of Beijing, where he had his diseases treated by Chinese
doctors, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Nhik Bun Chhay confirmed on
Oct. 15, 2012. (Xinhua)
File photo taken on Nov. 9, 2003 shows Norodom Sihanouk greeting
people in an activity celebrating the 50th anniversary of Cambodia's
independence in Phnom Penh. Cambodian retired King Norodom Sihanouk
died of natural cause at the age of 90 in China's capital city of
Beijing, where he had his diseases treated by Chinese doctors,
Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Nhik Bun Chhay confirmed on Oct.
15, 2012. (Xinhua)
File photo of Norodom Sihanouk. Cambodian retired King Norodom Sihanouk
died of natural cause at the age of 90 in China's capital city of Beijing,
where he had his diseases treated by Chinese doctors, Cambodian Deputy
Prime Minister Nhik Bun Chhay confirmed on Oct. 15, 2012. (Xinhua)
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