Cuban IOC member Reynaldo Gonzalez dies in Mexico

Reynaldo Gonzalez, a Cuban member of the International Olympic Committee, or IOC, since 1995, died in Mexico City, a Mexican Olympic Committee spokesman said Sunday. He was 66.

Gonzalez, who served as executive secretary of the Pan American Sports Organization, held high-level posts in Cuba from 1994 to 1997 and was president of the Cuban National Sports, Physical Education and Recreation Institute, or INDER, from 1981 to 1994.

"He was a very passionate and capable sports leader," IOC president Thomas Bach said in a statement. "We will miss his great advice but also his warm and always friendly personality and great sense of humor."

Gonzalez, who was born in the central Cuban city of Ciego de Avila, spent the last years of his life in Mexico City.