Mao Zedong Part 3: The Cultural Revolution
Real Dictators
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The End of Liu's Life
Like millions of his country men and women before him, Liu is publicly accused and assaulted. This final chapter of Liu's life is planned personally by Mao to be as slow and excruciating as possible. Only after that, in a prison cell, comes death, but it's no mercy. Lutashi suffered an appalling fate. He was a diabetic by that time and Mao denies him the right to treatment. The medicines he could have had and he said he died lying on a prison cell and lying in his own filth. Grim's trying to get his man from the long march on and being Mao's greatest associate in a way.
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