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15 OCTOBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man selling portraits of Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand, on a street in front of the Grand Palace uses his smart phone to take a picture of the Ministry of Defense building in Bangkok. King Bhumibol Adulyadej died Oct. 13, 2016. He was 88. His death comes after a period of failing health. With the king's death, the world's longest-reigning monarch is Queen Elizabeth II, who ascended to the British throne in 1952. Bhumibol Adulyadej, was born in Cambridge, MA, on 5 December 1927. He was the ninth monarch of Thailand from the Chakri Dynasty and is known as Rama IX. He became King on June 9, 1946 and served as King of Thailand for 70 years, 126 days. He was, at the time of his death, the world's longest-serving head of state and the longest-reigning monarch in Thai history. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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The Death of Bhumibol Adulyadej, the Late King of Thailand, Thailand (All)