Death and state funeral of Hussein of Jordan
Hussein, King of Jordan, died at 11:43 (AST) on 7 February 1999 at the King Hussein Medical Center in Amman, at the age of 63. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Abdullah.
Image: Mourners hold up King Hussein portrait
Image: Royal Jordanian 1
Image: King Hussein funeral in Amman
Image: King Hussein funeral in Amman motorcade
Hussein bin Talal was King of Jordan from 11 August 1952 until his death in 1999. As a member of the Hashemite dynasty, the royal family of Jordan since 1921, Hussein was a 40th-generation direct descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
King Hussein in 1997
Hussein (age six) and his mother, Zein al-Sharaf, 1941
Hussein (age eleven) seen behind his grandfather King Abdullah I after the independence of Jordan was declared, 25 May 1946.
King Hussein in royal ceremonial dress, 1953