News magazine cover figure in '49 and '72 (3)

I believe the answer is:

mao

(Other definitions for mao that I've seen before include "- Zedong, Chinese communist leader" , "Red" , "Chinese leader (d.nineteen seventy six)" , "The familiar Tse-Tung" , "Old Chinese "Chairman"" .)

I've seen this clue in the Newsday.

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