Yesterday, Hong Kong veteran drama bone Zeng Jiang passed away at the age of 87↓
A number of Hong Kong media reported the news.
It is reported that Zeng Jiang returned to Hong Kong, China, from Singapore alone on April 25, and after doing nucleic acid (the result was negative), he was isolated alone in the hotel.
Yesterday at about 12:00 noon, when the hotel staff patrolled Zengjiang's room and no one answered, after opening the door, he found that he was unconscious and called the police, and the police and ambulance officers came to the scene to confirm that he died on the spot, and the cause of death needs to be further investigated.
According to traditional customs, 87 years old is a high life expectancy, which is considered "joy and mourning", but Zeng Jiang's death is still too sudden.
Because half a month ago, he looked like a lively tiger, traveling in Malaysia with his friends, tasting local food, and taking photos with fans↓
Judging from the photos posted, the mental state is very good, and I have a lot of fun ↓
Of course, the elderly, especially the elderly in their 80s, are more or less sick in their bodies.
From the travel photos that were posted, it can also be seen that the old man has lost a lot of weight than before.↓
The general director of the variety show "Grandpa Fancy", which was broadcast in 2014, revealed that because he suffered from high blood pressure for many years, Zeng Jiang (who was 80 years old at the time) was the grandfather who carried the most drugs in the show.
In addition, the old man also suffers from gout, his hearing is not as good as before, he sometimes has to walk on crutches, and once needed oxygen to fall asleep ↓
From another point of view, the elderly who are plagued by various acute diseases are actually not suitable for a person's life, and they need someone to watch over them to prevent accidents. However, the epidemic prevention regulations still need to be obeyed, and can only be isolated alone. And it's much safer to stay in your room than to go out for an activity.
But unexpectedly, the accident still happened.
According to Zeng Jiang's ex-wife Deng Gongbi, on the day of his return to Hong Kong on April 25, the old man had called his family to express his heartache and hunger, and the son-in-law immediately sent medicine to the past, but it could only be sent to the hotel front desk.
In addition, on the morning of Zeng Jiang's death, his daughter Zeng Muxue called him, but no one answered.
After finding out that the situation was not good, he asked the hotel staff to open the door, who knew that the other party said that he could not open it, and asked the Department of Health. After asking, he opened the door, but unfortunately Zeng Jiang had no breath at that time.
Looking at it this way, is the death of Old Master Zeng also caused by mistakes? For example, the required medicines did not reach him in time? Even if it is delivered, but not taken on time due to age or some sudden illness with mobility problems? Is it also possible that the treatment is delayed because of the opening time?
Or, if someone had been taking care of it at that time, wouldn't the old man have been... He wish he had died peacefully in his sleep, rather than dying of those "mistakes"!
Digression: It is appropriate to cooperate with epidemic prevention during special periods, but the regulations can sometimes take care of special groups, such as the elderly like Zeng Jiang, since the nucleic acid is negative, perhaps consider arranging a relative or friend to accompany the isolation as appropriate?
No matter what the cause of death, the sudden death of Old Master Zeng is a bit shocking, of course, more is not willing.
As we all know, as one of the golden green leaves of TVB, he has superb acting skills and is a predecessor and model admired by everyone in the circle.
Jackie Chan, Ren Dahua, Zhao Wenzhuo, Ren Xianqi, Ye Xuan, Chen Sicheng and other stars in the circle have sent tributes to ↓
The saddest thing is Zeng Jiang's family.
87-year-old died alone in the hotel, without family accompaniment, without relatives and friends to send off, whether he experienced pain at the moment before his death, I don't know, not a single last word was left... Presumably, relatives and friends are also full of guilt and pain in their hearts at this moment.
Zeng Jiang had three marriages and had a son and a daughter.
His first wife was actress Lan Di, the two met because of the movie "The Great Circus", and after marriage, they had a son, and the marriage lasted for ten years.
The second wife was the famous writer and model Deng Gongbi, and after marriage, the two had a daughter, named Zeng Muxue.
Similarly, the marriage lasted only a decade. However, the two are friends bye-bye, and the relationship is still very good.
However, after the divorce, her daughter Zeng Muxue was once estranged from Zeng Jiang, and she did not want to associate with him for a long time, and the relationship between father and daughter slowly became better after growing up.
This time to the hotel to claim Zeng Jiang's body is Zeng Muxue ↓
In 1994, at the age of 60, Zeng Jiang met Jiao Jiao, then 51, and the two began a twilight romance and registered their marriage in Singapore.
After marriage, they accompanied and supported each other, and they were very loving, and this marriage has lasted to this day.
It is worth mentioning that Zeng Jiang's sister Lin Cui (formerly known as Zeng Yi) is also an actor, and once very popular, known as "student lover".
Lin Cui's second husband is the famous actor Wang Yu, who died not long ago.
Lin Cui's marriage with Wang Yu lasted only 6 years, and after the divorce, Lin Cui retired to the United States and started a catering business.
He later made a brief comeback, but died of asthma while filming the TV series at the age of 50.
Lin Cui and Wang Yu gave birth to three daughters after marriage, the eldest daughter is the famous singer Wang Xinping who sang the classic old song "Don't Ask Me Who".
As Zeng Jiang's niece, Wang Xinping suffered a double blow, and this April can be said to be her black April.
Not long ago, on April 5th, she just experienced the death of her father, the famous actor Wang Yu, and only finished the memorial service today
Less than a month later, he lost his uncle Zeng Jiang.
It is reported that Wang Xinping and Zeng Jiang have a very good relationship, and they are as close as father and daughter.
Wang Xin usually lives in Hong Kong and lives close to Zeng Jiang, so she will visit him every three to five minutes, and even celebrate with Zeng Jiang and his wife on the wedding anniversary, which shows the depth of the feelings.
However, due to the epidemic, the two have not seen each other since the end of last year, until they are separated forever. It is estimated that for Zeng Jiang and Wang Xinping, it is an eternal regret.
And Zeng Jiang's death is also a loss for the film and television circle and the audience.
He has played countless classic roles, decent villains, accompanied generations of people, and left a deep impression and a beautiful movie-watching experience.
It can be said that many people grew up watching his plays.
As an actor, he belongs to the model of the older and more fragrant and attractive.
They are all golden green leaves, different from Wu Mengda's name is loud, there are many representative roles, even if they are supporting roles, they often eat heavy roles.
Zeng Jiang's name is actually not very familiar to many people, even if you have seen a lot of his plays, you can't immediately say the name of the character, but his face is definitely a classic scene in a film and television drama that everyone can think of when they see it.
A native of Guangdong, Zeng Jiang was born in Hong Kong in 1934.
In 1955, he starred in the film "Birds of the Same Age" and first entered the film and television circle, and later went to the University of California, Berkeley to study architecture.
It was not until 1964 that he returned to the film and television circle, officially debuted as the male lead of "The Great Circus", and began to appear in TV series in 1972.
When he was young, Zeng Jiang was also a handsome young student, looking like actor Zhu Yawen ↓
In fact, zeng jiang's early famous works are not many, and the generations of audiences who may like him have not seen much. Many people, especially mainland audiences, know him from the 83rd edition of "The Legend of the Eagle Shooter".
When the 83 shooting eagle was broadcast that year, it also created a popularity of thousands of empty alleys, and won countless stars.
Among them is Zeng Jiang, who plays Huang Yaoshi (Huang Laoevil) in the play↓
The Huang Yaoshi he plays, who is also good and evil, is a hero and a tyrant, perfectly reproducing the image of Huang Laoevil in the original work, which not only wins the love of drama fans, but also gains the attention of book fans.
Years later, there are still people who say that "there is no yellow old evil after Zengjiang".
At this point, Zeng Jiang has really opened his popularity, and at this time, he is almost 50 years old, and for an actor, it is a little late to become popular.
Fortunately, this is not his peak, and since then, his acting career has also gone all the way up, and the glory has continued.
Over the years, Zeng Jiang's films and television series have been grasped with both hands, most of them are supporting roles, but the level of acting skills is first-class and impressive.
Like Wu Mengda to Zhou Xingchi, Zeng Jiang was once the royal supporting role of the great director Wu Yusen, and he had his wonderful performances in "Blood And Two Heroes", "The True Colors of Heroes" and "Across the Seas".
There is also the early "Lame Hao", playing Inspector Lei ↓
"Chasing the Dragon" in previous years ↓
He is also present in many TVB classic TV series, such as Long Chengbang in "Big Time"
After the 1990s, he also participated in many Hollywood movies, including "007's Chosen Day to Die", "Rush Hour 2", "Memoirs of a Geisha" and so on.
There are also mainland film and television dramas, participating in dramas such as "Chicken Feathers Fly to the Sky", "Fighting to Break the Sky", "Antiques Bureau Central Bureau" and the new version of "Bao Qingtian"
Chen Sicheng's movie "Tang Detective 2" also has an old man ↓
And what impressed everyone the most was his performance in the "Eavesdropping" series.
In "Eavesdropping 2", Zeng Jiang played the villain Huang Shitong, who killed Sima Nianzu, played by Wu Yanzu, and the role of Nianzu's mother was played by Zeng Jiang's wife Jiao Jiao.
In 2015, he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for "Wiretap 3" (he had been nominated for the Academy Award several times before, but unfortunately lost it repeatedly)↓
Also because in most film and television dramas, Zeng Jiang's role is very domineering, and there is also a bit of evil charm, so he also has the reputation of "a generation of tyrants in the Hong Kong film industry".
Zeng Jiang played such a role not only to the hand, but also to the audience's satisfaction.
Just like Lin Zhengying in the zombie movie gives people a sense of security as soon as he appears, no matter whether the tyrant played by Zeng Jiang is a decent person or a villain, there is always a sense of non-anger and self-authority of the town field, this kind of role is handed over to him to play, very right, and even without more acting skills to modify, once standing there, it will make people feel: "Well, this is it"↓
Even so, Mr. Zeng was still very modest, saying that he was not a person with acting talent.
It is reported that at the age of 70, he also began to try to act in dramas, honing his character and acting skills in dramas.
In addition, even though he was old and in poor health, he still insisted on acting.
The old man once said that he would act when he lived, "Someone asked me to shoot a play, I was happy, why should I stop the film?" Happy, God is so good to me, what else can I complain about? ”
He also did what he said, and was still filming until the eve of his death, very dedicated.
In 2020, the 85-year-old Zeng Jiang acted to hang Weiya without a stand-in, which was impressive↓
There is also the recently released movie "The Edgewalker", and the tidbits of the death process of the character played by Zeng Jiang also flowed out.
From vomiting blood to convulsions to pharynxing in one go↓
Due to the excessive pursuit of truth, Zeng Jiang held his breath for too long, and also led to being choked by plasma to cough more than once.
Looking at this process of performing death now, it is really mixed.
And Zeng Jiang's personality is well-known in the entertainment industry as "arrogant".
The old drama bone Niu Ben once recorded the travel reality show "Grandpa Fancy" with Zeng Jiang, and Niu Ben commented that Zeng Jiang was "quite self-righteous and a good teacher".
The grandfather in the show does seem to be stronger than other grandfathers, and his temper is a little anxious, but his heart is good.
When he was young, Zeng Jiang was synonymous with "conceit".
He once said: "Hong Kong actors do not have a professional. "If the director makes you laugh and you laugh, you become a slave."
When Zeng Jiang and Yu Mulian played against each other, they scolded people to the point of collapse and crying, and the public thought that he had a "seizure of epilepsy".
Such a character is easy to offend people, and it also makes Zeng Jiang more or less face some controversy. But the overall style of the old man is very good, treat people kindly, take care of the younger generations, admirable.
Perhaps it is precisely because of the arrogant and arrogant personality in life that he can play all kinds of tyrants in film and television dramas into three points!
Today, the death of this veteran artist who has witnessed the rise and fall of Hong Kong cinema and accompanied the growth of generations has once again made everyone realize that the once glorious era is really fading away.
The old man went all the way
I really miss those summers when watching movies, eating watermelons and shaking fans, and enjoying the joy and excitement brought to us by those familiar faces!
Death is difficult to accept after all, fortunately, they have created so many classic characters, as a fan, you can also poeticize this reluctance to comfort yourself.
Just like Old Master Zeng, perhaps like Huang Yaoshi, he eventually ended up on an island, in an inn.