Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, the man long seen as the symbol of stability in the Middle East but who was ousted in a popular uprising, has died after suffering a stroke in prison. He was 84.
Egypt's state news agency announced his death late Tuesday.
Mubarak ruled Egypt for almost 30 years until he was swept from power in an 18-day wave of mass protests in February 2011.
In another development, Egyptian officials are denying that he is clinically dead. Al Jazeera quoted Mubarak’s lawyer Farid Deeb as denying his client was dead.
CNN quoted Gen. Mamdouh Shahin, a member of the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, or SCAF, as saying: "He is not clinically dead as reported, but his health is deteriorating and he is in critical condition."
Shortly afterward, Egypt’s Nile TV reported that Mubarak was in the military hospital’s intensive care unit and “his health was slightly improving.” The channel said his wife, Suzanne, was at his side.
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