Preface
In May 2024, before half of the time, many stars have passed away, and some of them are both virtuous and artistic, but they are suffering from illness.
Some chose to return to their own country to commit suicide in middle age, and some celebrities died in their prime, but the cause of death was not announced.
Shi Weijian, National Theatre of China
Shi Weijian, a national-level drama actor in the mainland, died at 8.08 a.m. on May 12, 2024 at Chuiyangliu Hospital in Beijing at the age of 89.
Shi Weijian, as a well-known actor, has attracted a lot of attention since he became famous.
He was born in March 1353, and his current popularity is all due to the enrollment of the Shanghai People's Art Theater in 1950, which is where the dream began.
It is rumored that there were more than 2,000 candidates at that time, but in fact, the theater at that time only admitted one-fortieth of the students, that is, 50 people.
After two years of study at the Academy of Arts, Shi Weijian officially graduated from the theater, and he also became one of the first young actors.
In 1956, Shi Weijian was transferred to the Central Experimental Theater, and at the age of four years, Shi Weijian took a big step forward on the stage of drama.
Later, after Shi Weijian entered the Central Experimental Theater, he was guided by some seniors with his excellent acting skills, including the great director Sun Weishi.
And the guidance of these predecessors and directors to Shi Weijian also laid the foundation for his smooth follow-up development, and Shi Weijian also played a major role in dramas such as "One Servant and Two Masters" and "Peach Blossom Fan".
When Shi Weijian was 40 years old, he chose a completely different path - film, and he shot and starred in the first film in his life, "Not a Man's Story".
And Shi Weijian's performance in front of the movie lens is very calm, it can be seen that he has broken free from the shackles of stage plays and is acting in movies.
Through Shi Weijian's wonderful performance in "Not a Person's Story", he also attracted the favor of the most famous director at that time - Xie Jin.
Xie Jin invited Shi Weijian to play the male protagonist of his "Legend of Tianyun Mountain" - Luo Qun, and Shi Weijian also successfully created the image of Luo Qun.
Shi Weijian also lived up to Xie Jin's expectations of him, and the film received a lot of praise upon its release.
And Shi Weijian also won the Golden Rooster Award and the Hundred Flowers Award for this movie, but when Shi Weijian became famous, he chose to return to the stage of the drama again, starred in "Sun Yat-sen's London Martyrdom", and played Sun Yat-sen.
In 1983, Shi Weijian collaborated with director Xie Jin again in "Qiu Jin", and still played Sun Yat-sen.
In 1991, Shi Weijian officially became the director of the China Youth Art Theater, and in May 1993, Shi Weijian led the China Youth Art Theater to Taiwan to perform the drama "Guan Hanqing".
In 2001, the Ministry of Culture decided to establish the National Theatre of China on the basis of the China Youth Art Theatre and the Central Experimental Theatre.
Shi Weijian has dedicated nearly 70 years of his life to the art of drama, and has participated in more than 50 dramas and more than 40 film and television dramas.
It has successfully created many outstanding people from all walks of life for us, and at the same time, it has also made those who exist in textbooks appear in front of us.
However, according to insiders, Shi Weijian suffered from illness in his later years, even if he was accompanied and cared for by his family, only he could bear the pain of the disease.
Comrade Shi Weijian passed away on May 12, 2024, and it is reported that his farewell ceremony will be held at 6 a.m. on May 14.
Comrade Shi Weijian's outstanding contributions to the cause of the National Theatre of China will forever be engraved in the history of the Theatre and worthy of the memory of all people.
Information source - Global Times: Condolences! The famous performing artist Shi Weijian passed away in Beijing
Hong Kong actor Ha Kwok Wing
Shi Weijian is not the only star who will leave us in 2024, but also a "royal foreigner" of Hong Kong TVB, He Guorong.
Everyone's impression of Ha Kwok Wing is that he is an excellent actor with good acting skills, but he graduated from the University of New South Wales in Australia with a major in medicine.
He was able to give up the medicine he had studied for a long time to study acting skills, which was inseparable from his love for Leslie Cheung in college.
At that time, when he was in college, he couldn't bear such a long distance between himself and his idol, so he still decided to leave his hometown and come to Hong Kong to develop.
However, on April 1, 2003, due to a depression attack, Leslie Cheung chose to jump from the 24th floor, and then rushed to the hospital, but the doctor said that the patient had died before being sent to the hospital.
To this day, many Leslie Cheung fans still think that this may be a joke, and April 1 happens to be April Fool's Day.
And He Guorong also chose to burn charcoal in his apartment in Hong Kong on February 2, 2024, and when rescuers arrived, He Guorong was already dead.
After the Hong Kong police conducted an interrogation of the charcoal-burning apartment in River Kwok Wing, a follow-up investigation was conducted according to the case of "suicide".
The specific cause of Ha Guorong's death is not yet clear, and further autopsy is needed to determine it.
I don't know where I heard in the follow-up that Ha Guorong's wife died of illness a few months ago, and he is likely to choose to commit suicide because he misses his deceased wife.
In 1998, after arriving in Hong Kong, he first became an English teacher in order to ensure his own life.
And he and his wife met at this time, and the two quickly determined the relationship between boyfriend and girlfriend, and chose to get married after eight months of dating.
Ha Kwok Wing did not forget to chase his own dreams while working as an English teacher, and his perseverance paid off.
TVB began to recruit Cantonese-speaking foreigners, and He Guorong felt that this requirement was simply tailor-made for himself, so he went to TVB to apply.
And He Guorong did not live up to his own persistence for so long, and successfully entered TVB with his good-looking appearance and fluent Cantonese.
Easy-going River Guorong has also contributed many excellent works and roles, such as the TV series "Heaven and Dragon Slayer" and the movie "SWAT 90" and other works.
Career and love are both bumper, but He Guorong does not have children of his own, the reason is because He Guorong's wife had heart disease in her early years and is not suitable for childbirth.
So in order to make up for the regret that he and his wife could not have children, the two of them adopted 13 dogs.
The two also poured all their experience and patience into their "furry children", and they have also become well-known dog lovers in the Hong Kong entertainment industry, after all, every puppy is a family member of their own choice.
But last year, Ha Kook-young's wife died of illness, and he also suffered from various diseases, including depression, so on February 2, 2024, Ha Kook-wing also chose to leave this world.
Maybe he also went to reunite with his wife, at least the so-called paradise, with his wife and not sick.
Information source - China News Network: TVB "Royal Foreigner" He Guorong died of charcoal burning at home at the age of 58
NBA player Darius Morris
The two artists who died were suffering from illness, but on May 4, 2024, the family of former Los Angeles Lakers player Darius Morris announced that Morris had died at the age of 33.
According to American media reports, Morris's body was found in the Los Angeles area, but no one knows who was the first person to find the body, and no one knows what the specific cause of his death was.
Then the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers' official Weibo posted that @Los AngelesLakers posted: The death of Darius Morris is heartbroken. Yi Jianlian retweeted the Weibo post and wrote: "R.I.P. ”
Morris was born in 1993, 1.93 meters tall, how can he be short in basketball, Morris was selected by the Lakers in the 2011 draft, and became teammates with Kobe Bryant, who we are well known.
I don't know if he was too good, or if the coach on the team thought that there were already a lot of such "talent" on the team, so he began to hang out with different teams, such as the 76ers, Clippers, Grizzlies, and Nets.
Why don't you say that he is dispensing because of technical dishes?
Kobe's position in the basketball industry is, of course, self-evident, and being able to be a player with them is naturally not too bad in terms of technology.
In June 2015, Morris was laid off by the Nets, but the reason for his cut is unknown, and he went to play in the Development League.
But it's only been two and a half years since he moved to the Development League, and in January 2018, Morris moved to China to play in China's CBA League.
In February of the same year, mainland Guangdong signed a new foreign player, Donard Sloan, and after Morris's contract expired, mainland did not choose to renew his contract.
In September 2018, Morris signed a contract with another team, but a month later, Morris was cut again for no specific reason.
Morris also failed to make the regular season roster, and then he went overseas to seek new opportunities, and finally Morris played for a French basketball club.
I heard the news of Morris again, it was the news of death, he died at the age of 33, it was a pity, some netizens commented: It's a pity, the glorious era of life is not over, and life is over.
Information source - Xinmin Evening News: 33-year-old former NBA player Morris passed away, and he briefly played in the Chinese CBA League, and the Lakers and Yi Jianlian mourned
epilogue
The end of life is the end of life, only or, then everything can become turnaround, Leslie Cheung and He Guorong mentioned in this article both chose to die because of depression.
Kobe Bryant passed away because of a plane crash, which has also become a big regret in the hearts of many fans, and we have no way to prevent natural and man-made disasters.
But those who want to give up life for a long time because they have lost hope in life are a bit more than worth the loss, so it is better to try to be rotten, so that they have the courage to start again, and choose to start again.