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Saudi Arabia's 90-year-old King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz has died, according to Saudi media outlets.

Saudi New King Salman Abdul-Aziz Al Saud

Saudi King Abdallah with Crown prince Salman who is now the new King

Saudi King Abdallah with President Michel Sleiman

New King Salman with President Suleiman

PM Hariri with Saudi King Abdallah

FILE - In this Tuesday, June 3, 2003 file photo, from left, King Abdullah II of Jordan, Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Abdullah, U.S. President George W. Bush, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain, and Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, stand together for a group photo after their meeting in Sharm El-Sheik,

Saudi King with President Obama

Last week he was admitted to the hospital in Riyadh for "medical checks" at the end of December.  

 Crown Prince Salman has been named the new king. The king assumed the throne in 2005 as the country's sixth king. Salman, 79, is Abdullah's half-brother and has been making appearances and speeches on behalf of the late king for the last couple of months.

Salman is also reportedly in poor health, so from here the family's succession could get interesting. According to Reuters, "King Salman has called on the family's Allegiance Council to pay allegiance to Muqrin as his crown prince and heir." 

Muqrin bin Abdulaziz is Abdullah's half-brother and is 69 years old. He was controversially named deputy heir to Abdullah last March, effectively bypassing two of the late king's other half brothers. The move went against the unspoken rule that succession passes down according to age.