Lebanon's Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, one of Shiite Islam's highest religious authorities, died last night at the age of 74, a medical source at a Beirut Hospital said.
Fadlallah had a wide following among Lebanese Shiites and was a supporter of Iran's Islamic Revolution.
He was the spiritual leader and mentor of the Shiite militant group Hizbollah in the first years after it was formed in 1982.
Ayatollah dies
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