The son of late Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro has committed suicide at the age of 68, it has been reported.
Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart killed himself on Thursday morning after being treated for months for depression, Cuban state-run media reported.
‘Diaz-Balart, who had been attended by a group of doctors for several months due to a state of profound depression, committed suicide this morning,’ Cubadebate website said.
Junior, 68, also known as Fidelito because of how much he looked like his father, had initially been hospitalised for the mental illness, and then continued treatment outside of hospital.
The leader’s son had a troubled upbringing amid his father’s adultery and reign of power in Cuba.
Castro cheated on both his wives.
His first, Mirta Diaz-Balart, whom he wed when he was still a law student, gave him a son, Fidelito (Little Fidel).
However, after she divorced him, Castro cruelly engineered for the boy to visit him in Mexico and never let his ex-wife have the child back.
Fidelito was educated in Moscow and became a top Cuban nuclear scientist before his father sacked him.