Mao's English Tutor Dies at Aget 72

Zhang Hanzhi, an elegant Chinese diplomat who was Mao Zedong's English tutor and U.S. President Richard Nixon's interpreter during his historic 1972 trip to China, has died. She was 72.

Zhang died Jan. 26 in Beijing from a lung-related illness, state media reported without giving details. Her funeral will be held Friday in the capital's Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery, an honor given to the Communist Party's elite.

"I want everyone to remember her smile, her loyalty to love, her kindness of heart and how grandiose she was. Remember her brilliant life," Zhang's daughter, Hong Huang, a well-known publisher, wrote in her blog. "Mother ... we …