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Mao Secretary Turned Critic Li Rui Dies at 101

Li Rui, a former personal secretary to Mao Zedong turned fierce critic of the authoritarian leader and his successors, died on Saturday in Beijing at age 101 from cancer-related organ failure. At The New York Times, reporting on Li’s death, Ian Johnson recalls his life as a trusted confidant to Mao; a purged Party member under remote re-education; a rehabilitated post-Mao Party bureaucrat; a sensitive historian; and finally a modern advocate for free expression,