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1893 – 1976Mao Zedong (1893-1976)Died 9 September 1976, aged 82Mao Zedong, the founding leader of the People's Republic of China and Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, died in Beijing. He had led China through the Communist revolution, the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution, shaping the country for nearly three decades. His death was followed within weeks by the arrest of the Gang of Four and the end of the Cultural Revolution.