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DIED. YAO WENYUAN, 74, the last surviving member of China's Gang of Four, the ring of radical Maoists???led by Mao Zedong's wife Jiang Qing?who directed the jailings, beatings and purges of legions of perceived enemies during the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s and '70s; of diabetes; in a location undisclosed by Chinese officials. Arrested a month after Mao's death, Yao spent 20 years in jail before being released...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Jan. 16, 2006 | 1/8/2006 | See Source »

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