Albania's self-proclaimed king dies at 72 (AP)

TIRANA, Albania ? A spokeswoman for Albania's royal family says that King Leka I Zogu, the self-proclaimed heir to the throne, has died. He was 72.

Julinda Kamberi says King Leka I died of heart and lung problems at Tirana's Mother Teresa Hospital on Wednesday.

King Leka I was the only son of the late King Ahmet Zogu who declared himself king of Albania in 1928 and ruled until the Italian army invaded Albania in 1939, forcing the family flee the country two days after King Leka I was born.

Albania's communist rulers abolished the monarchy in 1946.

King Leka I returned to Albania in 2002, following the collapse of the communist rule.

He is survived by his son, Leka II.

Funeral arrangements were not made public yet.

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