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1955 – 2017Liu Xiaobo (1955-2017)Died 13 July 2017, aged 61Chinese writer and human rights activist who won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize while imprisoned for co-authoring a manifesto calling for political reform. He died in Chinese custody from liver cancer, having never been permitted to leave the country to receive treatment abroad. He was the first Nobel Peace laureate to die in state custody since 1938.