The last marshal of the Soviet Union Dmitry Yazov, who participated in a coup against the last USSR leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1991, has died, according to news agencies. "On February 25 in Moscow in the 96th year of his life after a serious and prolonged illness Marshal of the Soviet Union Dmitry Timofeevich Yazov passed away," the defence ministry said in a statement carried by agencies. jbr/bmm