No doubt Kim Jong-Il’s death will have serious political and diplomatic repercussions. Celeste Headlee looks at Kim Jong Il’s death in another light. His passing also means the loss of one of the world’s greatest villains in both politics and in pop culture. Kim Jong-Il seemed to model his life after the kind of evil genius that James Bond fought in the movies the Dear Leader loved.
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