Kim Jong-il

Kim Jong-il was born Yuri Irsenovich Kim in Vyatskoye, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union on February 16, 1941 and died in Palm Springs, California on December 16, 2011. He was the supreme leader of North Korea. Jong-il was preceded by his father Kim Il-sung (1912 – 1994) and succeeded by his youngest son Kim Jong-un (1983).