In 1990, Zhao Benshan made his debut at the Spring Festival Gala, and won the first prize of the small category program of that year with "Blind Date", and since then, Zhao Benshan's stage brilliance in the Spring Festival Gala has been out of control, and he has won the first prize of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala Small Category Program for 15 consecutive years.
In 2003, Zhao Benshan became "Benshan Media", in order to push the two to a larger stage, he founded the "Liu Laogen Big Stage" and recruited talents, at that time, a group of two-person turned excellent actors in the northeast worshipped under Zhao Benshan's door, backed by big trees to take advantage of the cool, and many two-person turned actors have become hot big stars under the training of Zhao Benshan over the years.
And in these years, there are also many of Zhao Benshan's apprentices who died young due to accidents or died of serious illness, all of which are familiar faces.
Li Zhengchun, one of Zhao Benshan's first batch of apprentices, once played Xie Dajiao's husband in "Country Love" and the township chief in "Liu Laogen", died of lymphoma in 2007.
The head is round, the face is always full of smiles, for this apprentice, Zhao Benshan has always been loved, the two met when Li Zhengchun had just debuted, the first calf was not afraid of tigers, the first meeting Li Zhengchun asked Zhao Benshan to accept him as an apprentice, Zhao Benshan admired his courage very much, after listening to his voice and seeing the talent, decided to accept him as his big disciple.
After following Zhao Benshan, Li Zhengchun's talent was quickly put to use, and his outstanding acting skills in "Liu Laogen" and "Country Love" were well known to the audience.
When the "Liu Laogen Big Stage" was established in 2003, Li Zhengchun, as a master brother, met his love this year, and his wife was Gao Ming'e, the actor of Gui Ying in "Ma Dashuai".
Unfortunately, he was found to be ill in 2006 and died the following year, and Zhao Benshan, who cherished the talent, was so sad that he gave his apprentice a night of vigil.
Liu Yu, who once played Xiao Yu, a technician who raised a dog in "Country Love", appeared in parts 11 and 12, and died of a sudden heart attack in 2020, less than 40 years old.
Liu Yu and Zhao Benshan in the play have a lot of rival scenes, it is not difficult to see that Zhao Benshan's cultivation of this apprentice, the play is an unpleasant "character", but under Liu Yu's performance, it is also very funny, but unfortunately just walked into the public's sight, missed the actor's good time.
Wang Haiyang, who appeared in the 12th part of "Country Love", plays a scammer who comes to Ivory Mountain disguised as an investor.
Wang Haiyang was originally a disciple of the composer Yang Baisen, and he liked the duo since he was a child, and later worshipped Zhao Benshan as a teacher.
A few days before his death, Wang Haiyang also shared his state in the video, "I'm back" is very optimistic, thin and haggard, but in good spirits, unfortunately did not escape the disease.
Zhang Xiaoguang, Zhao Benshan's No. 10 disciple, once played the role of Niu Er in "Ma Dashuai", which left a deep impression on the audience and was versatile.
Zhang Xiaoguang outside the play is a motorcycle enthusiast who likes drag racing and is fiercer than young people, so he was not less advised by his master Zhao Benshan, but he did not expect to lose his life because of this hobby.
In 2016, Zhang Xiaoguang rode a motorcycle through the high-speed toll gate, did not choose to enter in turn, but chose to enter after an SUV, and 1 hour later, when he was about to go out of the highway, he had an accident, and he wanted to go out with the car again, but unfortunately hit the falling railing, died of injuries, and took his own life for the cost of the road.
According to later media reports, the value of Zhang Xiaoguang's motorcycle was more than 200,000 yuan, which is sad and sad.
Ren Jiao, who once starred in the film version of "Run Brother", a girl in the flower season with a brilliant star path, one of the few actresses with good looks among Zhao Benshan's apprentices, fell to her death in a hotel.
Zhao Benshan's apprentice, a girl in the flower season, temporarily attracted a lot of speculation in the media at that time, and it was later confirmed that it was an accident, and he was only 26 years old at a young age, which is a pity.
In addition to Zhao Benshan's 5 apprentices, Li Damei in Liu Laogen's big stage has also died, and once played the same car person Xie Guangkun met when he returned from the south in "Country Love", and the two turned famous, and her son Red Child is Zhao Benshan's apprentice.
Zhao Benshan and Wang Damei's son Red Child
Yu Yuexian, the soul character Xie Dajiao in the drama "Country Love", is also Zhao Benshan's sister-in-law, born in class, unfortunately crashed into a camel on the way to filming in 2021 and died of injuries.
Yu Yuexian, who was born in a Chinese opera class, has appeared in dramas such as "Water Margin" and "Journey to the West" has always been tepid, and was later praised by Zhao Benshan after starring in "Ma Dashuai 2" under the recommendation of her cousin Ma Lijuan.
Unfortunately, the image of "Xie Dajiao" died suddenly when it was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and 50 years old is also a good time for an actor, Yu Yuexian, who has been married for many years, has not had children for her career, and after her death, her husband took on the responsibility of taking care of his family.