Helmut Kohl, father of German reunification, dies at 87


  • World
  • Friday, 16 Jun 2017

Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl pictured in 2000 next to Angela Merkel. PHOTO: REUTERS

 BERLIN: Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, the architect of German reunification, died on Friday, the mass-selling newspaper Bild reported. He was 87.

Bild reported in its online edition that Kohl died in the morning in his home in Ludwigshafen, in western Germany.

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