(CNN) Jamie Crawford and Mohammed Jamjoom - The heir to the Saudi throne, Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, died in a New York hospital on Saturday. Sultan, the half-brother of King Abdullah, was in his 80s and had been battling cancer for some time. He had served for decades as the Saudi defense minister. His death leaves his brother Nayef, the interior minister, as the likely successor to the king.
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