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Jun 5, 1991 · Jiang Qing, the widow of Mao and herself a leader of China during some of its most tumultuous years, has committed suicide, the Government announced tonight. She was 77 years old. Ms. Jiang...
Though she was initially sentenced to death, her sentence was commuted to life imprisonment in 1983. After being released for medical treatment, Jiang died by suicide in May 1991. [ 2][ 3] Early life. Jiang Qing was born in Zhucheng, Shandong province, on 19 March 1914. Her birth name was Li Shumeng ( 李淑蒙 ).
Jul 21, 2010 · Jiang Qing, the widow of Chinese leader Mao Zedong, is sentenced to death for her “counter-revolutionary crimes” during the Cultural Revolution.
- Missy Sullivan
Jun 5, 1991 · Jiang Qing, widow of Mao Tse-tung and fiery leader of radical leftists during China’s chaotic Cultural Revolution, committed suicide at home last month, the government announced Tuesday....
Jiang Qing (born March 1914, Zhucheng, Shandong province, China—died May 14, 1991) was the third wife of Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong and the most influential woman in the People’s Republic of China for a while until her downfall in 1976, after Mao’s death.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jun 10, 1991 · Beijing sources say that Jiang Qing, 77, widow of Chairman Mao Zedong and ringleader of the infamous Gang of Four, committed suicide late last month. She is believed to have hanged herself at...
Jan 25, 1981 · Jiang Qing, the widow of Mao Zedong, received a suspended death sentence today from a special court that found her and nine other former Chinese leaders guilty of counterrevolutionary crimes...
