HAVANA (AP) -- Antonio Nunez Jimenez, who fought alongside Che
                  Guevara and went on to hold top positions in the Cuban government, is
                  dead at 75, Cuban radio reported Monday.

                  Nunez Jimenez died Sunday in Havana, Radio Reloj reported. No cause of
                  death was announced.

                  Nunez Jimenez was a captain who fought in central Cuba under the
                  command of Guevara in the late 1950s as Fidel Castro's rebel forces
                  toppled the government of Fulgencio Batista.

                  After the revolution, Nunez Jimenez served as director of the National
                  Institute of Agrarian Reform. He succeeded Guevara as president of the
                  Cuban National Bank and later served as president of the Academy of
                  Sciences. He also served as ambassador to Peru.

                  He was an anthropologist who traveled the world and wrote 30 books,
                  including "The Tobacco Book," a history of cigars published in 1994.

                  His funeral was to be held Tuesday.

                  history of cigars published in 1994.

                  His funeral was to be held Tuesday.

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