Death and state funeral of Deng Xiaoping

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Death and state funeral of Deng Xiaoping
	Deng Xiaoping (1904 – 1997)
Date	19 February 1997, at 21:08 (BJT); (death); 24 February 1997; (cremation); 25 February 1997; (state funeral);
Location	Beijing
Participants	Jiang Zemin, party and state leaders, members of the Chinese Communist Party, Chinese military and civilians

Deng Xiaoping, the Chairman of the Central Military Commission from 1981 to 1989, as well as the paramount leader of the People's Republic of China from 1978 to 1989, died on 19 February 1997, at the age of 92, in Beijing. According to Xinhua News Agency, he died at 21:08 local time, from late stage Parkinson's disease complicated by pulmonary infection. Following a private funeral at 301 Hospital and cremation at Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery, a state funeral for Deng was held at the Great Hall of the People on 25 February 1997. It was the first major state funeral held in China since 1976 when Mao Zedong died.

Deng Xiaoping (1904 – 1997)
Date	19 February 1997, at 21:08 (BJT) (death) 24 February 1997 (cremation) 25 February 1997 (state funeral)
Location	Beijing
Participants	Jiang Zemin, party and state leaders, members of the Chinese Communist Party, Chinese military and civilians