Havana (AP) -- The oldest son of late Cuban leader Fidel Castro killed himself on Thursday after months of treatment for depression, state media reported.
Official website Cubadebate said Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart had been in a "deeply depressed state." A brief note read on state television said his treatment had "required an initial hospitalization then outpatient follow-up."
The oldest son of Cuba`s late revolutionary leader was known for his resemblance to his father, earning him the nickname Fidelito or Little Fidel.
Castro Diaz-Balart studied nuclear physics in the former Soviet Union and served as scientific adviser to Cuba`s Council of State. He was vice president of the Cuban Academy of Sciences. He previously led its nuclear program.
Castro Diaz-Balart was born to Fidel Castro`s first wife, Mirta Diaz-Balart, a woman from Cuba`s aristocracy who Fidel married in his youth before beginning the revolutionary struggle that later brought him and his brother Raul to power.
Because of his maternal lineage, Castro Diaz-Balart is cousin to Republican Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart, who represents Cuban exiles in Florida.
Fidel Castro, the father, died in November 2016 at age 90.
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