Fang Lizhi , 76 , a famed Chinese democracy activist , has died in the United States . `` My most , most respected teacher Fang Lizhi has died , '' Wang wrote on Facebook . ` He was of three intellectuals criticized during `` anti-bourgeois liberalization '' campaign . The cause is unknown but it appears that he suffered from heart failure and had been hospitalized for several months before his death on Friday at age 76. Fang was a physics professor at the University of Arizona in Tucson .
Fang Lizhi , 76 , a famed Chinese democracy activist , has died in the United States . He was of three intellectuals criticized during `` anti-bourgeois liberalization '' campaign . The cause is unknown but it appears that he suffered from heart failure and had been hospitalized for several months before his death on Friday at age 76. Fang was a physics professor at the University of Arizona in Tucson .