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From August 31 to September 13, in just 14 days, six celebrities in the entertainment industry passed away.
Two of them died young at the age of 40, lamentable.
There are also two people who have lived past 100 years old, which can be called a full life.
Their death is a loss to the entertainment industry, and the audience who loves them is very reluctant.
I hope that you who see this article will be in good health, cherish the people in front of you, and have a smooth life.
01. Che Yi, 102 years old
Che Yi is a famous performance artist in mainland China and was also a female fighter against Japan.
Born in 1920 in Liaoyang County, Liaoning Province, Che Yi's family members are well known to the public.
Her husband, Zheng Hongyu, is a well-known theatrical performance artist, and her eldest son is Zheng Hongji, who has worked as a producer at a children's film studio.
Her second son is Che Xiaotong, who played the "Golden Horn King".
Her former daughter-in-law is the famous actor Wang Liyun, and her granddaughter is the famous actor Che Xiao.
As the elder of the family, Che Yi, born in 1920, threw herself into the G life at the age of 18, and after the founding of New China, she worked as an actress in several film studios, and also went to the Beijing Film Academy to study in the Soviet expert acting training class.
As an actor, Che Yi starred in film and television dramas such as "Harvest", "Locust Tree Village", "Self-Descendants", "Hunting Word 99" and other film and television dramas, which were deeply loved by the audience.
And she acted and directed, she directed TV series such as "People On the Festive Season" and "Leave a Song of Emotion".
After retiring, she spent her old age in Beijing.
On September 6, 2022, Che Xiao revealed the news of her grandmother's death on her social media account, writing:
Grandma, we will always miss you. Granddaughter cried.
It is understood that Che Yi died peacefully in his sleep at home in Beijing in early September.
02. Jean-Luc Godard, 91 years old
Jean-Luc Godard is a world-renowned director, the standard-bearer and founder of the New Wave of French cinema.
Godard was born in December 1930 in Paris, France, to a doctor's father and a mother the daughter of a banker.
Godard studied at Sorbonne University, where he had a keen interest in film, and as a film critic published a film review in the magazine Film Handbook, attacking what seemed to him at the time to be an antiquated film paradigm.
Godard and a group of like-minded film critics and filmmakers also began a new wave of French cinema.
Godard didn't always work as a film critic, and when the time came, he picked up the guide.
In 1960, Godard's first film, Exhausted, came out, for which He won the Silver Bear Award for Best Director at the 10th Berlin International Film Festival.
What's more exaggerated is that the film didn't even have a script before filming began.
After that, Godard's film classics such as "Outlaw", "Pierrot the Madman", "Contempt", "Alpha City", "Fangming Carmen", "Book of Images" and other film classics were loved by audiences around the world.
With these films, Godard won the award. In 2010, even though Godard refused to attend the ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts awarded him the Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement.
In addition to this, Godard has also influenced a number of directors.
Bertolucci, the director of "The Last Emperor," bluntly said:
"Godard's thinking about film means a lot to me."
The "footless bird" written by director Wong Kar-wai in "The Legend of Ah Fei" is taken from a line from Godard's "Outlaw".
Even in his later years, Godard still loved movies and did not give up on creation.
In 2018, at the age of 88, he also directed a new film, The Book of Images.
In 2020, he ran a live broadcast to communicate with fans around the world.
When a fan asked him if he would still make a movie, he replied without hesitation:
"Yes".
Also in the same year, his assistant revealed that he was working on two films.
What people never expected, however, was that in the past two years, the unfortunate news about Godard had arrived.
On September 13, 2022, Godard died "peacefully" at his home in Basil, Switzerland, at the age of 91.
As soon as the news of Godard's death was reported by the media, people in the film industry and fans posted tributes.
03. Wang Zhongqiang, 78 years old
Wang Zhongqiang is a famous director.
Wang Zhongqiang's father was the famous anti-Japanese general Wang Zhonglian, and his brother was the famous director Wang Tong.
Originally from Suzhou, Wang Zhongqiang lived in Suzhou as a young man and later moved to Taiwan with his father.
After arriving in Taiwan, Wang Zhongqiang, like his brother Wang Tong, embarked on the road of directing.
In the 1980s.90s, Wang Zhongqiang directed film and television dramas such as "The Last Gentleman", "Another Voice", and "Return to Love".
In addition to the success of his career, Wang Zhongqiang's marriage has also been envied by the outside world.
His wife is the well-known actor Li Zhilin, who won the Taiwan Television Golden Bell Award for Best Actress in 1983 for "Returning to Love".
They support each other in their careers, and they are happy and loving in marriage.
After getting older, Wang Zhongqiang and Li Zhilin slowly faded out of the film and television industry, and they unanimously decided to return to Suzhou to live.
Around 2000, Wang Zhongqiang's family officially settled in Suzhou, and they lived a low-key and happy life.
What people did not expect was that the Taiwan media reported on September 13 that Wang Zhongqiang died of illness in Suzhou on September 9 at the age of 78.
According to Li Zhilin, since March this year, Wang Zhongqiang's physical health has been very bad, because of colds, pneumonia, heart, leg diseases and other reasons, he has repeatedly gone to the hospital for treatment.
The tearful object is that before Wang Zhongqiang's death, Li Zhilin had said to him:
"Accompany me to another Mid-Autumn Festival."
I didn't expect it to become an eternal regret.
Now that the Si people have passed away, I hope that Li Zhilin will mourn and change smoothly.
04. Fu Song, 36 years old
Fu Song is a powerful singer in the mainland, and he never expected that he died young, which is regrettable.
Fu Song was born in Changde, Hunan in 1986, because he likes to sing and perform, he was admitted to the Hunan Academy of Opera and studied music.
After graduating from college, Fu Song worked as an actor for a while, and he played a eunuch in the TV series "Young Bao Qingtian".
However, in order to achieve some achievements in the music world, in 2007, the 21-year-old Fu Song participated in the talent show "Happy Male Voice", and his competitors included Chen Chusheng, Su Xing, Wei Chen, Zhang Jie and others.
However, Fu Song did not go as far as they did, and he stopped at the top 20 in Changsha.
Although this achievement was not satisfactory, Fu Song made a successful debut in 2008.
This year, he released his debut EP single "Snow White".
In 2014, he became famous for his song "Singing while Crying" and won the Guangzhou Pop Music Most Popular Male Singer of the Year Award.
After this, Fu Song's career development became more and more smooth, and various concerts and commercial performances continued.
However, because he likes to chew betel nuts, Fu Song was unfortunately diagnosed with oral cancer in 2016.
After this, Fu Song actively fought cancer and also released a new song "Wind".
Even for health reasons, Fu Song underwent hospital surgery and cut off half of his face and chin.
Even if the situation is so bad, Fu Song is still optimistic about opening a live broadcast and communicating with netizens.
On June 11 this year, Fu Song, whose physical health was already very poor, exhorted the world to "cherish life and stay away from betel nuts" in front of the camera during the live broadcast, and he hoped that everyone would not take chances.
In just the past 3 months, Fu Song died of illness.
On September 10, 2022, on this day of family reunion, Fu Song's friends revealed the news of Fu Song's death on social platforms.
After Fu Song's death, his young daughter wrote "Good Night Daddy" in the circle of friends, which made people tearful.
05. Martha Hunt, 104 years old
Martha Hunt is a legendary actress from Hollywood's "Golden Age."
Martha Hunt was born in 1917 in Chicago, USA. She became a professional model after graduating from junior high school.
Later, in order to have more possibilities in life, he went to London, England to study acting, and at the age of 17, he went to Hollywood, signed with Paramount Pictures and MGM, and starred in films such as "Flashy Event", "Police Story", "Boseong Yanji", "Pride and Prejudice", "Unfair Encounter" and other movies, becoming a well-known actor.
However, when McCarthyism was rampant in the United States, her career was seriously affected and her life suffered setbacks because of her outspoken words, but she was also considered a model for the conscience actors of Hollywood's "golden age".
After that, Martha Hunt could only make cameo appearances in some TV series episodes, performing on Broadway, although not as popular and profitable as before, but fortunately, it was also guaranteed that food and clothing were worry-free.
Because of the legend of Martha Hunt's experience, in 2015, a documentary called "The Sweet Dilemma of Martha Hunt" appeared in the public eye, which focused on Martha Hunter's ups and downs from her debut at the age of 17 to her later years, especially the difficult years when she was blacklisted.
On September 7, 2022, Martha Hunter completed her legendary life at the age of 104.
06. Charby Dean, 32 years old
Chalfie Dean was a rising star in the film industry, but her untimely death was lamentable.
Born in South Africa in 1990, Charby Dean became a model at the age of 6, because of her high appearance and good temperament, she became a sweet potato in the modeling industry, often appearing on the cover of magazines and receiving many brand endorsements.
However, Charbi Dean was not satisfied with this, and she entered the film world.
She has starred in film and television dramas such as "Potato", "Black Thunderbolt", "Death Bike 3: Hellfire", "Basic Deduction" and so on.
Because of her good acting skills, she got the attention of the big director and was invited to star in the movie "The Triangle of Sorrows".
At the Cannes Film Festival in May this year, "Triangle of Sorrows" won the best picture award, and it is unceremonious to say that Charby Dean has a good future.
At a new peak in his career, Chalby Dean's love affair was also satisfactory. She has been in love with her model boyfriend for many years and is very sweet.
In April of this year, they held an engagement ceremony.
It can be said that Chalby Dean's career and love have been harvested.
However, what people never expected was that on August 31, foreign media reported that Charby Dean died of a sudden illness at the age of 32.
As soon as the news came out, the outside world was shocked, she was too young.