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Photos: Jean-Claude Duvalier dies

Former Haiti dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier waves from a balcony after a news conference at his house in in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in 2010. Duvalier had returned from exile and was questioned by authorities before being released.

Former Haiti dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier waves from a balcony after a news conference at his house in in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in 2010. Duvalier had returned from exile and was questioned by authorities before being released.  (Lee Celano / Getty Images)

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Jean-Claude Duvalier, the self-proclaimed “president for life” of Haiti whose corrupt and brutal regime sparked a popular uprising that sent him into a 25-year exile, died Saturday of a heart attack, according to his attorney Reynold George.

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Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier, known as “Baby Doc,” attends a court hearing in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, as Haitian authorities charged him with human rights abuses and embezzlement. But a judge ruled he should face charges only for alleged financial crimes.  (Dieu Nalio Chery / Associated Press)

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In 1975, Haitian President Jean-Claude Duvalier welcomes Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda at the Port-au-Prince airport in Haiti.  (Candell / Associated Press)

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Jean-Claude Duvalier makes his way back into the Hotel Karibe after being questioned by Haitian authorities at a courthouse in downtown Port-au-Prince in January 2011.  (Allison Shelley / Getty Images)

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Jean-Claude Duvalier waves with his girlfriend Veronique Roy as he is taken into custody by Haitian police at the Hotel Karibe in January 2011 in Port-au-Prince.   (Mario Tama / Getty Images)

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Haiti’s ex-dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier, center, arrives in court surrounded by police in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in January 2011.   (Dieu Nalio Chery / Associated Press)

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People walk into the private residence where former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier, known as “Baby Doc,” died in Port-au-Prince on Saturday.  (Dieu Nalio Chery / Associated Press)

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