Fidel Castro Through The Years

Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro playing baseball. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Fidel Castro Through The Years

Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro who insisted on having a turn batting at the opening of a baseball tournament in Havana. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Fidel Castro Through The Years

Photograph taken in the 60s of Cuban president Fidel Castro during a speech. (/AFP/Getty Images)

Fidel Castro Through The Years

Portrait of Fidel Castro in New York in 1955, during an interview. (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)

Fidel Castro Through The Years

Cuban President Fidel Castro shaking hands with American vice-president Richard Nixon during a press reception in Washington. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

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Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe (L) is greeted 08 June 1992 in Havana by Cuban President Fidel Castro. Mugabe, Zimbabwean first Premier (in 1980) and President (in 1987), was born in Kutama in 1924 (RAFAEL PEREZ/AFP/Getty Images)

Fidel Castro Through The Years

Picture taken 19 December 1988 of Cuban President Fidel Castro (R) saying goodbye to Angola's President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos (L) at the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana. 9RAFAEL PEREZ/AFP/Getty Images)

Fidel Castro Through The Years

Cuban president, Fidel Castro, inaugurates several newly built areas added to an old Havana hospital, 05 June 1989. (RAFAEL PEREZ/AFP/GettyImages)

Fidel Castro Through The Years

South African President Nelson Mandela greets Cuban leader Fidel Castro as he arrives for the opening of the 12th Non-Aligned Movement summit in Durban 02 September 1998. (ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images)

Fidel Castro Through The Years

Pope John Paul II (L) is greeted by Cuban President Fidel Castro at the Palace of the Revolution in Havana 22 January, just prior to their private talks. (PAUL HANNA/AFP/Getty Images)

Fidel Castro Through The Years

Cuban President Fidel Castro, appearing in his traditional army fatigues, addresses hundreds of thousands of people at the Plaza of the Revolution 01 May in Havana marking May Day and to demand the return of six-year-old Cuban shipwreck survivor Elian Gonzalez. (ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP/Getty Images)

Fidel Castro Through The Years

Cuban President Fidel Castro, right, salutes as he welcomes Russian President Vladimir Putin to Cuba December 14, 2000 at the Palace of the Revolution in Havana, Cuba. (Photo by Jorge Rey/Newsmakers)

Fidel Castro Through The Years

Cuban leader Fidel Castro answers questions during the press conference concluding the UN-sponsored World Food Summit in Rome 17 November. (LIVIO ANTICOLI/AFP/Getty Images)

Fidel Castro Through The Years

Cuban President Fidel Castro delivers his weekly speech at the Convention Palace in Havana 07 April 2005. (ISMAEL FRANCISCO/AFP/Getty Images)

Fidel Castro Through The Years

Cuban president Fidel Castro tries on a pair of sunglasses as he talks to the media 16 November 1999 in Havana, during the IX Iberoamerican Summit. CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP/Getty Images)

Fidel Castro Through The Years

Cuban President Fidel Castro talks to the umpire during a baseball game against the Venezuelan team, led by Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez, in Barquisimeto (JUAN BARRETO/AFP/Getty Images)