Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo dies of liver cancer at age 61

Liu Xiaobo (劉曉波), China's most famous political prisoner and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, died on Thursday at the age of 61 after battling liver cancer, Chinese authorities confirmed.

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