Haiti's notorious former leader Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier has died of a heart attack aged 63, his lawyer has said.
Lawyer Reynold George confirmed the man who once called himself "president for life" died at his home in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince on Saturday.
The former president ruled the impoverished Caribbean nation from 1971 until his ousting in a popular uprising in 1986.
He spent 25 years in exile in France before returning to Haiti in January 2011 in what he described a gesture of solidarity to the nation following a devastating earthquake in 2010.
"Baby Doc" came to power following the death of his father Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier at the age of just 19.
Like his father, he ruled Haiti with an iron fist and was accused human rights abuses, corruption, and the violent repression of dissidents and opposition activists.
Both leaders relied heavily on a secret police known as the Tonton Macoutes, which is accused of kidnapping, torturing and killing up to 30,000 suspected opponents during the 1960s and 1970s.
Mr Duvalier consistently denied any responsibility for alleged abuses committed during his time in power and attempts to prosecute him yielded little progress.
In February a court in Haiti ruled he could be charged with crimes against humanity under international law, but the case made little progress in the ensuing months.
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