Beijing News (reporter Zhang Jingshu) Sports commentator Wang Jun, whose pen name is "Daxian", died of cancer at 22:35 yesterday (December 24) at the age of 60.
Huang Jianxiang and Li Chengpeng, who are also sports commentators, have sent articles of condolences to recall Wang Jun's past anecdotes and his personality style, and Huang Jianxiang has said that "he is the leader of a generation of football commentators, and the elder brother of our generation of football commentators." Chen Xiaoqing, Xu Jinglei, Lao Wolf, Zheng Jun, Ke Lan and many other people in the literary and art circles also expressed their condolences.
"He was as cheerful as the words he wrote, laughing and scolding into articles, everyone liked to read and like to talk to him, and slowly became friends." Wang Jun's good friend, Wang Qi, a sports commentator with the pen name "Brother Chess", said that the words and style of "Daxian" are like the ancient dragons of the critics, free and chivalrous.
Wang Qi recalled that the two met at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, when the two were both journalists. Since then, because the two have similar temperaments, they have also become friends in private, and they have a fixed monthly party to drink and chat. But then everyone was busy, there were fewer parties, but the feelings were quite deep.
Wang Jun (second from right) and Wang Qi (third from right) are in Kenting with friends in 2009. Courtesy of respondents
Sports commentator Lee Seung Peng sees Daxian as "a mentor and a friend". He wrote in his reminiscence article today: "In those years, I often went to his house in Guangming Bridge to stay, and the two of us drank wine, chatted about Emerald, Newcastle and running a sports newspaper, made money to buy wine and drink, and also talked about jin ping mei, gulong, haizi, and dogs, the lights flickered on and off, and the fat face of the great immortal was like an infinite world of goodwill, bright in turn, and the cycle was opened to me. This time it was really gone, the Bridge of Light, without that bright fat face. ”
For the previous year and a half, Wang Jun had been battling cancer. In 2018, he suffered from a facial malignancy, and the cancer cells had spread to the facial lymph. After surgery in August 2018, he was in deteriorating health. The facial nerves are severely damaged, the functions of the five senses are impaired, and only liquid food can be eaten.
Half a month ago, Wang Junduo's organ failure was hospitalized, and his friends who went to visit him did not feel good. After receiving the news of Wang Jun's illness and death, Wang Qi felt that he was relieved and "finally did not have to suffer that sin anymore." But when interviewed by the Beijing News reporter, he still couldn't hide his grief and choked up several times, "but we can't stand it."
Football commentator Liu Jianhong publishes a new book, and Daxian (center in the front row) and friends celebrate at Liu Jianhong's home. Courtesy of respondents
Beijing News reporter Zhang Jingshu
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