Deng Xiaoping's widow passed away at 93

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The widow of China's late leader Deng Xiaoping, Zhuo Lin, died in Beijing on Wednesday at the age of 93.

Born in Xuanwei county in southwestern Yunnan Province in 1916, Zhuo Lin joined the CPC in 1938. She married Deng Xiaoping the next year. She accompanied and supported Deng Xiaoping for 58 years. In January 1978, she was appointed a consultant of the Central Military Commission General Office. She served as a deputy to the fourth and fifth National People's Congress and was awarded the Independence Merit Medal from the People's Liberation Army in 1988.

File photo shows Zhuo Lin (2nd R) reads a story for her grandson  while her husband Deng Xiaoping (L) reads newspaper at their home  in Beijing, after Deng retired. Zhuo Lin, a former consultant of  the Central Military Commission General Office and widow of China's  late leader Deng Xiaoping, died of illness at 12:30 p.m. July 29  after medical treatment failed in Beijing, at the age of 93. (Xinhua)