Zhuo Lin
Wife of Deng Xiaoping
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| Intro | Wife of Deng Xiaoping | ||||
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| Birth | 6 April 1916, Yunnan | ||||
| Death | 29 July 2009Beijing (aged 93 years) | ||||
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Biography
Zhuo Lin (April 6, 1916 – July 29, 2009) was the third and last wife of Deng Xiaoping, former Paramount leader of China.
Born Pu Qiongying (simplified Chinese: 浦琼英; traditional Chinese: 浦瓊英; pinyin: Pǔ Qióngyīng) in Xuanwei, Yunnan province, she was the daughter of an industrialist. She became a member of the Communist Party of China in 1938.
In 1939 she married Deng in front of Mao Zedong's cave dwelling in Yan'an. They had five children - three daughters (Deng Lin, Deng Nan, Deng Rong) and two sons (Deng Pufang, Deng Zhifang).
She died on July 29, 2009, aged 93, in Beijing.