Source: China News Network
On November 1, actor Ouyang Fenqiang posted that Yang Junyong, played by Jia Rong in the 87th version of "Dream of the Red Chamber", died of a sudden heart attack, "leaving in a hurry before he was less than 60 years old, with a sigh." Junyong went all the way. ”
In Weibo, Ouyang Fenqiang also posted a screenshot of his chat with the main creators of "Dream of the Red Chamber", and some people said that Yang Junyong was still filming in the crew in August this year, and everyone expressed disbelief at his death. Chen Jianyue, the actor of "Xiangling", revealed that Yang Junyong's farewell ceremony was held in Beijing on November 2.
He has starred in "Dream of the Red Chamber" and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"
According to public information, Yang Junyong graduated from the Central Academy of Drama, was a classmate of Cai Guoqing and Xu Yajun, and was also a first-class actor in the China Children's Art Theater and a member of the Central Dramatists Association.
Yang Junyong's figure can be seen in well-known film and television dramas such as "Dream of the Red Chamber", "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Wu Zetian", "Iron Tooth Copper Tooth Ji Xiaolan", "Qia Classmate Boy", "Taihang Mountain" and so on. He played Cao Pi in the 1994 version of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Played Chen Yun in the TV series "Long March", and played Chen Yun again in the TV series "Armageddon" broadcast this year.
And his more well-known role is also the role of Jia Rong in 1987's "Dream of the Red Chamber".
Source: Stills from "Dream of the Red Chamber".
In fact, before starring in "Dream of the Red Chamber", Yang Junyong was already a professional actor in the China Children's Art Theater, and after performing "Dream of the Red Chamber", he continued to return to the theater to perform. A few years later, when he heard the news that Wang Fulin, the director of "Dream of the Red Chamber", wanted to prepare for the filming of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", he took the initiative to call the director and introduced himself, so he won the opportunity to play Cao Pi.
Yang Junyong said that filming "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was his happiest time, and his son was also born at this time. In addition to film and television dramas, he is also active on the drama stage, and he said in an interview that he also had the opportunity to star in "Water Margin" in the past, but regretted missing it because of the drama performance.
Three times in a few years, he lost his loved ones
In the early years, Yang Junyong told about his family life in a talk show, he claimed to be an "otaku" in life, and in the days when he did not shoot dramas, he was "three points and one line" - going to work, leaving work, the vegetable market, "as long as I am at home they are very happy."
But in just a few years, he has experienced three bad news of losing his father, mother and wife. First the father was diagnosed with cancer, then a sudden cerebral hemorrhage, followed by the wife was diagnosed with advanced cancer, in the process the mother died, and a year later the wife also died of illness.
He mentioned that his wife did not tell him when she did the operation, and did not want to worry him who was filming in the field, which made him regret it very much, and said that if he chose again, he would not choose the profession of actor, because he could not accompany him when his family needed to take care of him, "sorry for his parents, sorry for his wife and children."
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