Posted on 08/29/2004 5:13:10 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
/begin my translation
08/30/04
Ko Yong-hee(age:51), the wife of N. Korean leader Kim Jong-il, died of heart failure at the dawn of Aug. 13, highly credible Chinese sources on N. Korea confirmed on Aug. 30.
The sources revealed that they had verified Ko's death through multiple channels, adding that they had already had her funeral without making a public announcement, in order to follow the policy of keeping Kim Jong-il's personal life private and also out of fear that power struggles may erupt over who is going to succeed Kim.
According to N. Korean observers, Ko, who was originally an ethnic Korean in Japan, was the only Kim's woman who actually played the role of a first lady. The other two, late Sung Hye-rim and Kim Young-sook did not.
Although the direct cause of Ko's death is heart failure, she was treated for breast cancer(the cancer of mammary gland) a few years ago. It had recurred again last year. The realistic chance of her full recovery turned out to be almost nil, it has been learned.
In addition to this, she sustained serious head injury last September, which further damaged her health. Because of this, french medical team made a highly secret trip to N. Korea last year (to treat her.) This year she had undergone the treatment for her tumor and her brain in general.
/end my translationKim Jong-il's Wife, Ko Yong-hee, died on Aug. 13
Now that wouldn't surprise me one bit.
Why hasn't Kerry been wearing a black armband?
The Munchkin Coroner in "Wizard" was played by a man named Meinhardt Raabe, a Milwaukee native who was 18 at the time of the filming. I had the pleasure of privately meeting Meinhardt in Kingsford, Michigan about 20 or so years ago. He was a great guy; took the time to talk to a friend and myself for over two hours, showed us his scrapbook (I held an autographed picture of Judy Garland in my own two hands), and generally thrilled two huge fans of the movie immensely. It is one of the top ten of my life experiences to date.
The kicker is I had made a first date with my future wife on this day and showed up at her parent's home a couple of hours behind schedule.
When asked why I was late for our date, I told my future wife that I had been with the Munchkin Coroner from the Wizard of Oz. That got a few weird looks, lemme tell ya'.......
True story.
She was murdered by her husband. Seems pretty obvious, given Jung-Il's history of murdering his girl friends.
OMGGG that would North Korea news agency would say
I am laughing at this very morbid
Where Little Kim he suppose be on FR lurking
Hey Little Kim how you doing
Lol. What a treat!
Thanks for the story.
NAVY I don't know how many kids LITTLE KIM Has
I hear three or MOREEE
Kim is a big enough nut case as it is. I hope this doesn't push him over the edge.
It might just be enough to straighten his hair. LOL
Real cause of death: She probably died of starvation like the many others in that country when she once again became common folk.
"She was murdered by her husband. Seems pretty obvious, given Jung-Il's history of murdering his girl friends."
I'm Henry the Eighth I am, 'enry the Eighth I am, I am...
OMG that funny LOLOL!!!
Hey I got better idea one of Freepers mention that Little Kim like hit Jack Daniel I GOT GOOD IDEA
Why is it that evil bastard dictators never seem to die of natural causes?
probably 53 Chevys just like Cuba.
Little munchkins heard singing, "Kim Jong, the wife is dead"
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