Helmut Kohl, father of German reunification, dies at 87

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.