Comrade Kerim, a famous artist of the former General Political Song and Dance Troupe, died of heart failure in Beijing in the early morning of March 3, 2020, at the age of 79.
Born in Turpan, Xinjiang in 1940, Crimem has composed and sung a large number of performance songs with national characteristics, singing such popular songs as "Lift Up Your Hijab", "Uncle Kurban, Where Are You Going", "Avanti Song", "Tarim River, The River of hometown", "Ode to dear party" and other popular songs in the whole army and the country, and participated in the 1998 and 2008 CCTV Spring Festival Gala. His singing has the characteristics of the music of ethnic minorities in Xinjiang, China, combining song and dance, enthusiasm and liveliness, witty and humorous, and is deeply loved by the audience.
"Very sudden and quite unexpected, my father's health has always been very good, there were no signs before, it was very sudden for us, although the doctor carried out all-out rescue, but he still left..." His son Ke Ruanxi confessed frankly, his father Kerim has a deep affection for Xinjiang, and has a deep affection for the land that raised him, he once said: "As a Xinjiang person, I feel very proud." So Ke Nguyen Xi said that after handling the relevant matters, he would bring his father's body back to Xinjiang for burial.
Synthesized from CCTV News and Red Star News
Editor 丨 Zhang Xia