Fidel Castro Díaz-Balart Age, Death Cause, Wife, Children, Family, Biography, Facts & More

Bio
Real Name	Fidel Castro Díaz-Balart
Nickname(s)	Fidelito, Little Fidel
Profession	Nuclear Physicist
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 188 cm in meters- 1.88 m in feet inches- 6’ 2”
Weight (approx.)	in kilograms- 90 kg in pounds- 198 lbs
Eye Color	Black
Hair Color	Gray
Personal Life
Date of Birth	September 1, 1949
Birth Place	Havana, Cuba
Date of Death	February 1, 2018
Place of Death	Havana, Cuba
Age (at the time of death)	68 Years
Death Cause	Suicide (following a long period of hospital treatment for depression)
Zodiac sign/Sun sign	Virgo
Nationality	Cuban
Hometown	Havana, Cuba
School	Not Known
College/University/Institute	The Higher Institute of Science and Technology, Soviet Union
Educational Qualification	Graduated in Nuclear Physics from the Higher Institute of Science and Technology in the former USSR
Family	Father- Fidel Castro (Cuban Leader) Mother- Mirta Diaz-Balart Brothers- Antonio Castro-Soto (Half-Brother), Alejandro Castro-Soto, Alex Castro-Soto, Jorge Angel Castro, Alexis Castro-Soto, Angel Castro-Soto Sisters- Alina Fernández, Francisca Pupo
Religion	Not Known
Ethnicity/Race	Cuban (Spanish, including Asturian, Canary Islander, and Galician)
Hobbies	Reading, Writing, Traveling
Girls, Affairs and More
Marital Status	Married
Affairs/Girlfriends	Not Known
Wife/Spouse	Natalia Smirnov (1st wife) Maria Victoria Barreiro
Children	Sons- Fidel Antonio Castro Smirnov, a professor of nuclear physics, Jose Raul Castro Smirnov, a postdoc student at the Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies (both from his 1st wife) Daughter- Mirta Maria Castro Smirnov, a Professor of Mathematics (from his 1st wife)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Fidel Castro Díaz-Balart

Did Fidel Castro Díaz-Balart smoke?: Yes

Did Fidel Castro Díaz-Balart drink alcohol?: Yes

He was born as the eldest son of the great Cuban leader Fidel Castro and his first wife Mirta Diaz-Balart.

He was born in 1949, 10 years before his father Fidel Castro led the revolution that created the Communist State in Cuba.

His mother, Mirta Diaz-Balart was the daughter of a prominent pre-revolution politician.

After his parents divorced, Fidel Castro Díaz-Balart went to live with his mother’s family in the United States. However, while on a visit to his father in Mexico in 1955, Fidel Castro took over his custody from his mother and refused to allow him to return to his mother.

For his stark resemblance to his father, he was also known as ‘Fidelito’ (Little Fidel).

He was the most educated of Fidel Castro’s children and became a prominent Cuban Nuclear Scientist and an Adviser to the Council of the State of Cuba.

He had also headed Cuba’s national nuclear programme. However, when in 1992, plans for a nuclear plant were dropped because of a lack of funding, Fidel Castro Díaz-Balart largely withdrew from public life.

His cousin Mario Díaz-Balart is a staunch critic of the Cuban government and a Republican congressman in Florida.

In 2015, he was seen alongside model Naomi Campbell and socialite Paris Hilton at a lavish cigar party in Havana.

On February 1, 2018, Cuban state-run media announced that he had committed suicide at the age of 68 following a long period of hospital treatment for depression.