Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon died Saturday morning, according to his son and the hospital where Sharon had been in a coma for eight years after a 2006 stroke.
3 things that make Israel's Ariel Sharon a controversial figure
Ariel Sharon has been in a coma for eight years, following a stroke in January 2006. He's 85 now, and doctors report his organs are failing. The Associated Press described Sharon as "one of Israel's most iconic and controversial figures." Here's why. He was a famous and sometimes ruthless military leaderAriel Sharon points to a map of Lebanon in 1982, when he was Israel's Defense Minister. (Ya'akov Sa'ar/GPO/Getty Images)Sharon had fought in the military since the beginning of Israel's independence …
