COLOGNE, GERMANY - MARCH 13: Former leader of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev attends a 'meet and greet' before talking with Fritz Pleitgen about his autobiography 'Alles zu seiner Zeit' (All in good time) during the lit.Cologne litereary festival at 'Guerzenich' on March 13, 2013 in Cologne, Germany. (Photo by Ralf Juergens/Getty Images) 

SOURCE: Ralf Juergens

MOSCOW —

Mikhail Gorbachev, who as the last leader of the Soviet Union waged a losing battle to salvage a crumbling empire but produced extraordinary reforms that led to the end of the Cold War, has died at 91, Russian media reported Thursday.

News organizations quoted a statement from the Central Clinical Hospital as saying he died after a long illness. No other details were given.

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