I just remember a lot of pictures of him looking rather pot-bellied. It probably wasn't the most tasteful remark but you have to wonder about chubby dictators who rule starving countries.
I have no problem whatsoever with untasteful remarks about, among all people, Kim Jong Il. I was only quite surprised how skinny he looked. I also had different memories. Maybe it’s that ugly coat?
He's been very ill recently. Nobody knows exactly with what, but the first videos of him after the illness showed him looking absolutely just-off-of-life-support.
The belief is that he had a stroke, if you look at one of his ungloved hands in the photos, it looks swollen and not entirely functional, which jives with what the analysts are guessing.