Famous pantomime artist Wang Jingyu died at the age of 85

Wang Jingyu

(source: cover reporter: du'en Lake) /p >

at 8 a.m. on May 7, Qiao Zhi, the Beijing Cultural planner, revealed to the cover reporter that Mr. Wang Jingyu, the famous performing artist of the first CCTV Spring Festival Gala, died of illness in Beijing at 9:52 a.m. on May 3, 2021, at the age of 85. Mr. Wang's will: no memorial service or body farewell ceremony will be held, and the ashes will be scattered into the Bohai Sea.

the cover news reporter asked Ms. Xu, Wang Jingyu's friend before his death, to confirm this news. Because according to Wang Jingyu's will before his death, his family has not released any news to the public until now.

Wang Jingyu, Han nationality, was born in Tianjin in 1936. He is a Chinese mime actor, screenwriter, national first-class actor, and graduated from the Central Academy of drama. He is a member of the Communist Party of China. He began publishing works in 1960 and joined the Chinese writers' Association in 1984. In the spring of 1977, he created and performed the satirical comedy" when the maple leaves are red ", which was performed by more than 300 troupes across the country. In 1979, he created and performed" lift your veil "(cooperation), and in 1982, he created and performed the satirical comedy "Delicious and ridiculous", another author of more than 20 one act comedies such as "consultation in the vegetable field", "special interrogation", and the prose collection "behind the scenes", of which "lift your veil" was created to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the founding of the people's Republic of China

In 1983, CCTV held the first CCTV Spring Festival Gala, which was co hosted by Wang Jingyu, Liu Xiaoqing, Jiang Kun and Ma Ji. His comedy pantomime eat chicken has become a well-known star across the country

The cover news reporter interviewed zouyoukai, one of the heads of CCTV Spring Festival Gala that year. He exclusively disclosed to the cover news reporter that: objectively speaking, Wang Jingyu is Zhao Benshan's benefactor. In 1990, Zhao Benshan successfully performed the sketch "blind date" in the Spring Festival gala for the first time, and Wang Jingyu contributed a lot

That year, Zhao Benshan's sketch "blind date" was "shot" twice when it participated in the preliminary review of the Spring Festival Gala program. Later, Zou Youkai, as the leader of CCTV's Spring Festival Gala, helped Zhao Benshan revise the Spring Festival Gala program and specially asked Wang Jingyu to help Zhao Benshan revise and rehearse the sketch "blind date". Without saying a word, Wang Jingyu sincerely cooperated with Zhao Benshan and carefully revised the rehearsal. With his help, Zhao Benshan's talent for comedy performance was brought into full play

Later, when the person in charge of CCTV Spring Festival Gala reviewed "blind date", Zhao Benshan passed smoothly! In 1990, Zhao Benshan successfully performed the sketch "blind date" on the Spring Festival Gala stage for the first time, and achieved great success. Since then, Zhao Benshan has been popular in the Spring Festival Gala almost every year, and Wang Jingyu has also become good friends with Zhao Benshan

Qiao Zhi said that as the star of the first CCTV Spring Festival Gala and a famous performing artist, I have known Wang Jingyu for many years. Wang Jingyu is both virtuous and artistic, and keeps a low profile in life and work. During his illness and hospitalization, he didn't disturb his friends and leaders

Zouyoukai expressed deep condolences on the death of Mr. Wang Jingyu. He said that Mr. Wang Jingyu is a real people's artist

Jiang Kun, as the host of the first Spring Festival Gala with Wang Jingyu, said, "the friendship and artistic cooperation between Mr. Wang Jingyu and my mentor Ma Ji are vivid in my mind and will never be forgotten. Mr. Wang Jingyu will be remembered forever."