AFP, BEIJING: The chief bodyguard of Communist China’s founding father Mao Zedong and a key figure in the ousting of the Gang of the Four died yesterday aged 99, state media reported.
Wang Dongxing, born in January 1916, passed away in Beijing, the official Xinhua news agency said, citing a statement from the headquarters of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
The statement praised him as “an excellent CPC member, time-tested loyal communist fighter and proletarian revolutionist”,
it said.
Wang was head of Mao’s personal bodyguard, the 8341 Special Regiment, for decades and his chief of staff for several years.