U.S.-based "New York Times" published an article in February 2016 titled "A Radical Idea to Rebuild a Shattered Libya: Restore the Monarchy." The article described how since the Colonel Gaddafi's 1969 coup and dissolution of the monarchy, "the popular memory of King Idris, who died in Cairo in 1983, has quietly endured in Libya." It summarizes supporters' hope to "restore a form of monarchy […] to let Libyans rally behind a respected father figure and begin to rebuild their splintered nation."