Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier has died of a heart attack.

He was 63.

Duvalier ruled the poor Caribbean nation from 1971 until he was ousted in a popular revolt in 1986.

Like his father Francois “Papa Doc” Duvalier, he ruled with an iron fist, enforcing his power with the aid of the feared “Tonton Macoutes” militia, a secret police force blamed for hundreds of deaths and disappearances.

After 25 years of exile in France, he returned to Haiti in 2011 following the nation’s devastating 2010 earthquake.

Upon his return, he was charged with corruption, embezzlement and other abuses of power from his brutal, 15-year rule.

Some information for this report comes from AP, AFP and Reuters.
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