29th Anniversary of Mao's death

Today is the 29th anniversary of Mao Zedong's death. The Guardian website has printed the obituary the Guardian newspaper ran on Sept. 10, 1976, by John Gittings. Interesting that while Deng Xiaoping is mentioned near the top of the story, he was not named as one of the potential successors -- Deng's star was still two more years away from rising to the top.

Here's the link to the archived story. (Warning: Irritating Wade-Giles used throughout)