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Hua Guofeng died on 20 August 2008 at the age of 87. He was a Chinese politician who served as the Chairman of the Communist Party of China from 1976 to 1981 and the Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China from 1976 to 1980. He was a close associate of Mao Zedong and played a key role in the Cultural Revolution.