Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdel Aziz dies in New York.

The heir to the Saudi throne, Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdel Aziz, died Saturday in the U.S. after an illness. He was 85.
The death of the crown prince — who was the half brother of the ailing Saudi King Abdullah — opens questions about succession.
NBC News reported that Sultan died at a hospital in New York City. He is expected to be buried Tuesday in Riyadh.
'Grief' Sultan, who was the oil-rich kingdom's deputy prime minister, had been defense minister and minister of aviation for about four decades.
"With grief, King Abdullah bin Abdel Aziz mourns the death of Sultan bin Abdel Aziz Al Saud, crown prince and his brother," the palace said in a statement.
Saudi television broke its schedules early on Saturday to broadcast Koranic verses accompanied by footage of the Kaaba in Mecca, Islam's holiest site.
Sultan underwent surgery in New York in February 2009 and spent nearly a year abroad recuperating in the United States and at a palace in Agadir, Morocco. According to a leaked U.S. diplomatic cable from January 2010, Sultan had been receiving treatment for colon cancer since 2009.

Sultan oversaw a defense spending spree which made the kingdom one of the world's biggest arms buyers.
Sultan had an intestinal cyst removed in 2005 and had spent several months abroad for treatment and recreation.May his soul Rest In Peace.