30-YEAR ADVISER TO MAO DIES IN BEIJING AT AGE 85

Chen Boda, who advised Mao Tse-tung for 30 years before leading purges during the Cultural Revolution, has died in Beijing of heart failure, local media reported. He was 85.

Chen died at his Beijing home on Sept. 20, the Hong Kong China News Service and newspapers reported. He was cremated Thursday, they said.Chen was jailed after his downfall in 1970 for allegedly supporting Defense Minister Lin Biao in a power struggle against Mao. He spent his last years living with his son in the Chinese capital