Fidel Castro: Through the Years

This combo of three file photos shows Fidel Castro, from left; smoking a cigar in Havana, Cuba, April 29, 1961; speaking to the media while on a mission to collect Elian Gonzales in Washington, D.C., April 6, 2000; and at his Havana home on Feb. 13, 2016.

Cuba's President Raul Castro announces the death of his brother, revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, in a still image from government television in Havana, Cuba Nov. 26, 2016.

FILE - Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro exhales cigar smoke during an interview at his presidential palace in Havana, Cuba, March 1985. Castro, a Havana attorney who fought for the poor, overthrew dictator Fulgencio Batista's government on Jan. 1, 1959.

FILE - In a Sept. 20, 1960 file photo, Cuban leader Fidel Castro, left, and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev hug at the United Nations.

FILE - Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro signs decree nationalizing all American-owned banks in Cuba, Sept. 17, 1960.

FILE - In this Oct. 12, 1979, file photo, Cuban President Fidel Castro points during his lengthy speech before the U.N. General Assembly, in New York.

A March 28, 1999 file photo shows then-Cuban President Fidel Castro talking with Baltimore Orioles slugger Albert Belle (88) prior to the exhibition game between the Orioles and a Cuban National Team.

In this April 19, 2011 file photo, Fidel Castro, left, raises his brother's hand, Cuba's President Raul Castro, center, as they sing the anthem of international socialism during the 6th Communist Party Congress in Havana, Cuba.

Children carry framed images of Fidel Castro and Che Guevara in a caravan tribute marking the 56th anniversary of the original street party that greeted a triumphant Castro and his rebel army, in Regla, Cuba, Jan. 8, 2015. Castro and his rebels arrived in Havana via caravan on the first week of January 1959, after toppling dictator Fulgencio Batista.

A picture of former Cuban President Fidel Castro is seen inside a post office in Havana, Dec. 11, 2015.

Cuban Leader Fidel Castro, center, talks with a girl during a gala for his 90th birthday at the 'Karl Marx' theater in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016.

Cuban Leader Fidel Castro, center, attends a gala for his 90th birthday, Aug. 13, 2016, accompanied by Cuba's President Raul Castro, left, and Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, right, at the 'Karl Marx' theater in Havana, Cuba.

Fidel Castro sits as he clasps hands with his brother, Cuban President Raul Castro, right, and second secretary of the Central Committee, Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, moments before the playing of the Communist party hymn during the closing ceremonies of the 7th Congress of the Cuban Communist Party, in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, April 19, 2016.

Cuba's former leader Fidel Castro, right, shakes hands with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Havana, Cuba, Monday, Sept 19, 2016.