This guy has always been a mysterious figure, reports the Daily Mail:
The makers of Hennessy Paradis cognac will be in mourning today since the deceased Kim Jong Il was the world’s largest purchaser of this premium product.
He apparently died of heart failure on a train, while inspecting military installations. An emergency medivac helicopter crashed en route to assist him. He traveled everywhere by armored train – he had a fear of flying – scoffing prodigious quantities of lobster and the like delivered at all points on the route. Some banquets went on for four days at a stretch as the train trundled to Beijing or Moscow.
The so-called ‘Dear Leader’ Kim Jong Il succeeded his own father Kim Il Sung, ‘the Eternal Leader’ in 1994, though technically speaking the dead father is still in power. The key political concept is ‘junche’ or ‘self reliance’. Experts say that there is not a single sign of Kim ever having made life better for North Koreans.
In case you were wondering Hennessy Paradis costs $650 in North Korea which is about $300 less than the average worker makes a year. Pour out a little liquor?
