SHANGHAI - Cambodia's former king Norodom Sihanouk died of
natural causes at the age of 89 on Monday in Beijing, where he was receiving
medical treatment, the official Chinese news agency Xinhua
reported.
Xinhua cited Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Nhik Bun Chhay as
saying Sihanouk died at 2 a.m. Beijing time (1800 GMT Sunday). Sihanouk had been
receiving medical treatment in Beijing for a number of years.