Li Zhisui
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Dr. Li Zhisui (李志绥, b. 1919, Beijing, China d. February 13, 1995, Carol Stream, Illinois) was the personal physician and self-claimed confidant of Mao Zedong. He wrote a biography of Mao Zedong titled The Private Life of Chairman Mao after moving to the United States. The book had drawn large controversy and was banned in Mainland China.
Weeks after he announced on an TV interview that he was going to write another memoir, Dr. Li was found dead in the bathroom of his son's house. He had lived with his son after moving to the United States.
Following the publication of Dr. Li's book, two members of Mao Zedong's staff who still reside in China (including one of Mao's personal secretaries and his nurse - Wu Xujun - who worked for Dr. Li) wrote a book in Chinese in an attempt to refute many of Dr. Li's claims.
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