CASTRO DIES

Havana, Cuba (CNN)Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro was a legendary survivor -- besting what Cuban officials say were more than 600 attempts to kill him.

He lived much of his long life in the spotlight -- and much of it in the crosshairs -- surviving a half century of assassination plots.
Castro died Friday, his brother Raul Castro announced.
In a column titled "The Birthday" that was published in Cuban-state media on his 90th birthday August 13, Castro wrote that his younger brother Raul would have replaced him had "the adversary been successful in their plans of elimination. I almost laughed at the Machiavellian plans of the US Presidents."
As that milestone birthday approached, Castro's mortality was very much on his mind.
"Soon I will be 90," Castro said during a rare public appearance in Havana in April, at a meeting of the island's ruling Communist Party. "Never would such an idea have occurred to me. It was not the fruit of any effort, it was the whim of fate. Soon I will be like all the rest."
Assassination plots were spectacular failures
His would-be assassins are alleged to have plotted to kill him in a variety of ways, including poisoning him, dosing his dive suit with fatal botulism and blowing him up during a speech. Many of the plots were spectacular failures. More Wile E. Coyote than Jason Bourne.
"More people have tried to murder the world's most famous socialist than any man alive," according to the 2006 British documentary "638 Ways to Kill Castro."
Today, Cuban officials claim Castro survived more than 600 attempts on his life, a figure that is impossible to confirm.
"If surviving assassination attempts were an Olympic event, I would win the gold medal," Castro liked to tell interviewers.
His reputation as a cheater of death took hold early. As a young revolutionary he was reported dead twice by Cuba's press -- "perishing" once when he led a failed uprising against a military barracks and again when he returned from exile by boat with a guerrilla force.
Iraqi Vice President Saddam Hussein, center, stands with the Castro brothers during a visit to Cuba in January 1979.
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Iraqi Vice President Saddam Hussein, center, stands with the Castro brothers during a visit to Cuba in January 1979.
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Castro shakes hands with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in Havana in April 1989.
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Castro shakes hands with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in Havana in April 1989.
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Castro gestures during a tour of Paris in March 1995.
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Castro gestures during a tour of Paris in March 1995.
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Castro walks with Pope John Paul II on an airport tarmac in Havana in January 1998. It was the first time a pope had ever visited Cuba.
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Castro walks with Pope John Paul II on an airport tarmac in Havana in January 1998. It was the first time a pope had ever visited Cuba.
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Castro puts his arm around South African President Nelson Mandela in May 1998, near Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi, left, and Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso. They were in Geneva, Switzerland, for a conference of the World Trade Organization.
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Castro puts his arm around South African President Nelson Mandela in May 1998, near Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi, left, and Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso. They were in Geneva, Switzerland, for a conference of the World Trade Organization.
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Castro welcomes Russian President Vladimir Putin to Cuba in December 2000. Putin was the first Russian President to visit Cuba since the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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Castro welcomes Russian President Vladimir Putin to Cuba in December 2000. Putin was the first Russian President to visit Cuba since the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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Castro is helped by aides after he appeared to faint two hours into a speech in Cotorro, Cuba, in June 2001. He returned to the podium less than 10 minutes later to assure the audience he was fine and that he just needed to get some sleep.
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Castro is helped by aides after he appeared to faint two hours into a speech in Cotorro, Cuba, in June 2001. He returned to the podium less than 10 minutes later to assure the audience he was fine and that he just needed to get some sleep.
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In July 2001, Castro talks with Elian Gonzalez, the young boy who was the focus of a bitter international custody dispute a couple of years earlier.
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In July 2001, Castro talks with Elian Gonzalez, the young boy who was the focus of a bitter international custody dispute a couple of years earlier.
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Castro and former U.S. President Jimmy Carter listen to the U.S. national anthem after Carter arrived in Havana for a visit in May 2002.
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Castro and former U.S. President Jimmy Carter listen to the U.S. national anthem after Carter arrived in Havana for a visit in May 2002.
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Castro, left, and his brother Raul attend a Parliament session in July 2004.
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Castro, left, and his brother Raul attend a Parliament session in July 2004.
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Castro speaks in Havana in February 2006.
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Castro speaks in Havana in February 2006.
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This TV grab from state-owned Cuban television shows Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez paying a visit to an ailing Castro in September 2006. In July of that year, it was announced that Castro was undergoing intestinal surgery. Because of his health, Castro resigned as President in February 2008.
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This TV grab from state-owned Cuban television shows Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez paying a visit to an ailing Castro in September 2006. In July of that year, it was announced that Castro was undergoing intestinal surgery. Because of his health, Castro resigned as President in February 2008.
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Castro smiles before delivering a speech in Havana in September 2010.
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Castro smiles before delivering a speech in Havana in September 2010.
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Pope Benedict XVI meets with Castro in Havana in March 2012.
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Pope Benedict XVI meets with Castro in Havana in March 2012.
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In this picture provided by CubaDebate, Castro talks to Randy Perdomo, president of Cuba's University Students Federation, during a February meeting in Havana.
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In this picture provided by CubaDebate, Castro talks to Randy Perdomo, president of Cuba's University Students Federation, during a February meeting in Havana.
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Castro visits with 19 cheese masters on Friday, July 3, 2015, in a rare trip outside his Havana home.
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Castro visits with 19 cheese masters on Friday, July 3, 2015, in a rare trip outside his Havana home.
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Leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, left, visits with Fidel Castro during a meeting at Castro's home on February 14, 2016.
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Leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, left, visits with Fidel Castro during a meeting at Castro's home on February 14, 2016.
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Fidel Castro exhales cigar smoke during a March 1985 interview at his presidential palace in Havana, Cuba. Castro has died at age 90, Cuban state media reported Saturday, November 26, 2016. Click through the gallery to see more photos from his life:
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Fidel Castro exhales cigar smoke during a March 1985 interview at his presidential palace in Havana, Cuba. Castro has died at age 90, Cuban state media reported Saturday, November 26, 2016. Click through the gallery to see more photos from his life:

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