also popular across the chinese internet were images of paintings said to be created by xia junfeng'syear-old son, this one of the boy climbing on his father's back. a compilation of these paintings made into a book to help raise funds for the family sold out its 5,000 copies. today xia junfeng's widow, zhang jing, collected his ashes and prepared for a family farewell. >> woodruff: finally tonight, famed musician graham nash has just come out with a new memoir of his life in rock 'n roll, titled "wild tales." in the mid-1960s, nash had numerous number one pop hits with the british band the hollies. he later became part of the supergroup-- crosby, stills, nash and young. jeffrey brown talked with him recently while on a new solo tour at the birchmere in alexandria, virginia. here's an excerpt of their conversation, where nash talked about some of his famous musical and life partners. >> brown: let me say names at you and give me your impression. stephen stills. >> certainly one of the finest guitar players in the world. certainly --tor a certain -- i think he's a very underrated guita

. >> reporter: xia junfeng was an unknown and unlicensed food vendor in northeastern china in 2009. but following his execution yesterday by the chinese government, in the last 24 hours, his name became one of the most searched for terms across chinese social media. that's because on her micro- blogging weibo account, his wife, zhang jing, chronicled her emotions at seeing her husband just before he died. "i'm going to see xia jungfeng xia met his wife and mother for a half-hour through a chain-link fence before his execution. when he begged his jailors if he could take a family photo to leave behind as a memory for his son, the request was denied. a photo posted by his wife's family showed a distraught mother. his wife typed: this message, like so many in the campaign, was shared tens of thousands of times. the troubles began in 2009, when xia and his wife were selling kabobs on the street. they say a gang of chengguang-- government sanctioned urban enforcers-- began beating xia for not having a license. witnesses say they took xia back to their offices, where they continued beatin