JORDANIANS CRY OUTSIDE KING HUSSEIN HOSPITAL, 1999-02-07 (photo)

Jordanians cry as they hold up portraits of their monarch outside the King Hussein Medical Centre in Amman February 7. Jordan's King Hussein died two days after returning to the country following failed treatment for cancer, a palace source said. A government minister said the king had died at 11.34 a.m. (0934 GMT). The king's death followed reports that the 63-year-old monarch's condition had deteriorated late on Saturday and that he had been treated for a sharp fall in his blood pressure. Medical sources said the drop in blood pressure had been a sign his heart might be failing. Other internal organs had failed earlier and he had been unconscious since Thursday. ES/JDP