Mao Zedong’s Last Son Dies at 84
The sole surviving son of Chairman Mao, Mao Anqing, died Friday in Beijing at the age of 84. Mao Anqing, born in 1923, was the second son of Mao and his first wife Yang Kaihui, who was killed by the Nationalist government in 1930. Mao Anqing, pictured right with his dad, was never active in Chinese government and spent the majority of his later years in mental hospitals. As they would say in New York, Mao Anqing was “a crazy.” Last November, Mao Anqing wrote a eulogy to his father in the People’s Daily on the 30th anniversary of the Chairman’s death. While many suspected that Mao’s son did not write the eulogy himself (see above sentence about mental illness), he used the opportunity to attack the current Hu Jintao government and accuse today’s leaders of excess and corruption writing “He (Mao) never helped us get rich.” Sour grapes? Mao Anqing leaves behind wife Shao Hua and son Mao Xinyu. No cause of death has been given.
•AP: Late China Leader Mao Zedong’s Son Dies