2019年即将结束，这一年里有许多大事小情值得回忆，也有不少名人相继辞世。他们当中有政要、科学家、文学巨匠、建筑大师、时尚泰斗……他们的离去令世人不禁扼腕叹息。本期我们就一起回顾下2019年故去的十位中外名人吧。
“糖丸爷爷”顾方舟
Gu Fangzhou, a virologist who dedicated his life to eradicating polio from China, passed away at age 92 on Jan 2. "Sugar pills", an oral polio vaccine, developed by Gu reduced incidence rate of the disease by nearly 100 times from 1949 to 1993, saving millions of children from crippling paralysis. "I spent my whole life doing one thing – developing an effective polio vaccine," Gu Fangzhou, once said while summarizing his life. Gu started polio research in 1957 and created the sugar pills attenuated oral vaccine in 1959. According to Gu's biography, in order to test the efficacy and side effects of the vaccine, he administered the vaccine to himself and started the first stage of the human trial. After extensive testing, he took another bold step to administer the oral vaccine to his one-month-old son. this inspired his colleagues to vaccinate their kids. "If we don't believe in what we produce, how can others believe in it?" said Gu while recalling the trial.
病毒学家顾方舟1月2日逝世，终年92岁。顾方舟毕生致力于根除国内的脊髓灰质炎 (小儿麻痹症)。1949年至1993年，顾方舟研制的“糖丸”口服脊灰活疫苗将脊灰发病率降低近100倍，使上百万儿童免于瘫痪。在概括自己的一生时顾方舟曾说：“我一辈子只做一件事——研制出了一种有效的脊灰疫苗”。1957年，顾方舟开始进行脊灰研究，1959年制造出口服脊灰减毒活疫苗。根据顾方舟的传记，为测试疫苗的功效和副作用，他给自己服下脊灰疫苗并开启第一阶段的人体试验。在进行大量试验后，他又采取另一项大胆的行动，给自己一个月大的儿子服下脊灰活疫苗。在他的感召下，顾方舟的同事们也纷纷给自己的孩子服用了疫苗。在回忆该试验时顾方舟说：“如果我们自己都不相信自己研制的疫苗，怎么能让别人信呢?”
“中国氢弹之父”于敏
Yu Min, a nuclear physicist widely known as the father of China's hydrogen bomb, died on Jan 16 at the age of 93. Yu, together with 99 other Chinese people from different walks of life, won the honorary title of "reform pioneer" at a gathering held in Beijing on Dec 18 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of reform and opening-up. In January 2015 Yu also won China's top science and technology accolade. Yu, a native of Tianjin, earned his bachelor's degree in physics from Peking University in 1949 and then conducted postgraduate research at the school's physics department. He also served as a teaching assistant. He entered the Modern Physics Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and began to study atomic nuclear physics theory in 1951. To address the country's strategic needs, Yu began to conduct theoretical research on nuclear weapons in 1961. For the next 28 years, Yu and his work remained top national secrets.
1月16日，以"中国氢弹之父"而广为人知的核物理学家于敏去世，享年93岁。去年12月18日在北京召开的庆祝改革开放40周年大会上，于敏和另外99位来自各行各业的同志被授予“改革先锋”的称号。2015年1月，于敏获得中国最高科学技术奖。于敏生于天津，1949年在北京大学获得物理学学士学位，之后在该校物理系进行研究生科研工作，还曾担任过助教。1951年，他进入中国科学院现代物理研究所，开始研究原子核物理理论。为满足国家战略需求，1961年，于敏开始从事核武器理论研究工作。此后28年，于敏和他从事的事业都属于国家最高机密。
中国当代散文八大家之一 林清玄
Chinese author Lin Qingxuan died at the age of 65 on Jan 23. Lin, who once used pen names such as Qin Qing and Lin Li, was a celebrated writer, essayist, poet, and scholar, who won numerous prizes and enjoyed great popularity across the Straits. Lin showed his intellect and talent for writing at a very young age. He started his career by publishing articles in local newspapers and won first prize in the Tainan writing competition during his high school days. Lin spent his college years at Shih Hsin University, during which he published his first book, "Lian Hua Kai Luo." Hailed as one of the eight masters of contemporary prose in China, the essay master has published more than a hundred books during his career.
1月23日，我国作家林清玄逝世，享年65岁。林清玄是著名的作家、散文家、诗人和学者，曾获奖无数，在海峡两岸均享有很高的知名度，曾用笔名有秦情、林漓等。林清玄很小的时候就展现出写作方面的天赋才华。上高中时，林清玄便在当地媒体上发表文章，还在台湾写作比赛中获得一等奖，由此开启他的职业生涯。在世新大学读书时，他出版了自己的第一本书《莲花开落》。林清玄被誉为国内当代散文八大作家之一，他在自己的职业生涯中出版书籍逾百部。
时尚教父“老佛爷”卡尔·拉格斐
Karl Lagerfeld, the most prolific designer of the 20th and 21st centuries and a man whose career formed the prototype of the modern luxury fashion industry, died on Feb 19. He was 85. Creative director of Chanel since 1983 and Fendi since 1965, and founder of his own line, Lagerfeld was the definition of a fashion polyglot, able to speak the language of many different brands at the same time. In his 80s, when most of his peers were retiring to their yachts or country estates, he was designing an average of 14 new collections a year ranging from couture to the high street, and not counting collaborations and special projects. Lagerfeld never stopped creating. He was also a photographer, whose work was exhibited at the Pinacothèque de Paris; a publisher, having founded his own imprint for Steidl, Edition 7L. A self-identified "caricature," with his dark glasses, powdered ponytail, black jeans, fingerless gloves, starched collars, Chrome Hearts jewelry and obsessive Diet Coke consumption, he achieved such a level of global fame and controversy.
2月19日，20世纪和21世纪创作成就最为卓著、在职业生涯中塑造了现代奢侈时尚产业原型的设计师卡尔·拉格斐辞世，享年85岁。拉格斐从1983年起担任香奈儿的创意总监，从1965年起担任芬迪的创意总监，还创立了自己的品牌，他一直是时尚多语者的代名词，可以同时用好几个不同品牌的语言表达时尚。80岁时，他的同龄人大都已经退休，在游艇上或乡间别墅里打发时间，他却依旧平均每年设计高级定制时装、高街产品等14个新系列，这还不算那些合作和特别的项目。拉格斐从未停止创作。他同时还是摄影师，作品曾在巴黎美术馆展出;他也是出版人，在Steidl出版社创办了Edition 7L品牌。墨镜、扑粉的马尾辫、黑色牛仔裤、露指手套、硬挺的衣领、克罗心珠宝和强迫症般不停喝着健怡可乐，这就是他自己也认同的“漫画形象”，他享有极高的国际声誉，同时也备受争议。
篮坛巨星 约翰·哈夫利切克
John Havlicek, the eight-time NBA champion and Basketball Hall of Famer, died on April 25. He was 79. Havlicek's death was confirmed in a statement by the Boston Celtics, the team he played with for 16 seasons. The Boston Celtics great whose steal of Hal Greer's inbounds pass in the final seconds of the 1965 Eastern Conference final against the Philadelphia 76ers remains one of the most famous plays in NBA history. Havlicek remains the Celtics' highest scoring member with 26,395 points across his career. He was also a 13-time NBA All-Star, and upon his retirement in 1978, the Celtics immediately retired his number 17 jersey with him. While the NBA legend had been suffering from Parkinson's disease, the statement did not confirm his exact cause of death.
4月25日，8次NBA总冠军得主、篮球名人堂成员约翰·哈夫利切克去世，享年79岁。哈夫利切克曾效力16个赛季的波士顿凯尔特人队在一份声明中证实了哈夫利切克的死讯。1965年在该队与费城76人队进行东部决赛结束前的最后几秒钟里，这位波士顿凯尔特人队巨星截断了哈尔·格瑞尔的界内传球，至今这一球仍是NBA史上最著名的截球之一。哈夫利切克也是凯尔特人队得分最多的球员，他在整个职业生涯中总共得分26395分。他曾13次入选NBA全明星阵容。1978年退役时，他的17号球衣也与之一起退役。虽然这位NBA传奇球员一直患有帕金森氏症，但声明中并未证实其确切死因。
建筑大师 贝聿铭
I.M. Pei, the world-famous Chinese-American architect, died in a New York hospital on May 16 at the age of 102. In April of this year, Pei just celebrated his 102nd birthday. Pei was born in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, on April 26, 1917. In 1935, he went to the US to study at the University of Pennsylvania, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Harvard University. He obtained a bachelor's degree in architecture from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a master's degree in architecture from Harvard University. In 1983, he won the Pritzker prize, known as the Nobel Prize for architects. The glass pyramid of the Louvre in Paris, France is the most famous masterpiece of I.M. Pei. His architectural works in China include the Suzhou Museum, Beijing Xiangshan Hotel, Hong Kong Bank of China Tower and Beijing Bank of China Head Office. The Chinese embassy in the US also came from the hand of Pei.
享誉全球的美籍华裔建筑大师贝聿铭5月16日在纽约一家医院与世长辞，享年102岁。今年4月，贝聿铭才刚过完102岁生日。贝聿铭1917年4月26日生于广东省广州市。贝聿铭1935年赴美求学，先后就读于宾夕法尼亚大学、麻省理工学院和哈佛大学，取得了麻省理工学院建筑学士学位和哈佛大学建筑硕士学位。1983年贝聿铭获得普利兹克建筑奖，该奖被誉为“建筑界的诺贝尔奖”。法国巴黎卢浮宫的玻璃金字塔是贝聿铭最著名的代表作。他在国内的建筑作品包括苏州博物馆、北京香山饭店、香港中银大厦、北京中国银行总行等。中国驻美国大使馆也出自贝聿铭之手。
坚守正义的大法官 约翰·保罗·史蒂文斯
John Paul Stevens, US Supreme Court Justice from 1975 to 2010, died on July 16 at the age of 99. "Stevens died this evening at Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, of complications following a stroke he suffered on July 15," the court said in a statement. Chief Justice John Roberts said Stevens "brought to our bench an inimitable blend of kindness, humility, wisdom, and independence. His unrelenting commitment to justice has left us a better nation". Stevens was born in Chicago in 1920, and served in the US Navy from 1941 to 1945. He served as a judge of the US court of appeals for the seventh circuit from 1970 to 1975. Stevens was credited as a prominent liberal voice in the Supreme Court, as he acted to limit the death penalty, establish gay rights, promote racial equality and protect legal abortion.
美国最高法院前任大法官约翰·保罗·史蒂文斯于7月16日去世，享年99岁。史蒂文斯曾于1975年至2010年期间任此职务。最高法院在声明中表示：“史蒂文斯16日晚在佛罗里达州劳德代尔堡的圣十字医院去世，死因是他在7月15日中风后出现的并发症。”首席大法官约翰·罗伯茨说：“史蒂文斯把无与伦比的仁爱、谦逊、智慧和独立的品质带到了最高法院。他对正义的坚守使我们的国家更加美好。”斯蒂文斯1920年生于芝加哥，1941年至1945年期间，曾在美国海军服役;1970年至1975年，担任美国第七巡回上诉法院法官。史蒂文斯被誉为最高法院杰出的自由派人士，他采取行动限制死刑、确立同性恋权利、促进种族平等、维护合法堕胎。
首位女性黑人诺贝尔文学奖得主 托妮·莫里森
US author Toni Morrison, whose 1987 novel "Beloved" about a runaway slave won a Pulitzer Prize and contributed to a body of work that made her the first black woman to be presented the Nobel Prize in Literature, died at the age of 88. A spokesman for her publishing company announced the death but did not provide an immediate cause. The Washington Post said she died on August 8 at a New York hospital. Morrison was a commercial as well as critical success, drawing praise for writing in a vivid, lyrical style while assessing issues of race, gender and love in American society. "Beloved" was set during the US Civil War and based on the true story of a woman who killed her 2-year-old daughter to spare her from slavery.
美国作家托妮·莫里森去世，享年88岁。莫里森的出版公司的一名发言人宣布了莫里森去世的消息，但并未透露死亡原因。《华盛顿邮报》称莫里森于8月5日在纽约的一家医院里去世。莫里森1987年出版的小说《宠儿》曾获得美国普利策文学奖，该书讲述了一名逃亡奴隶的故事。凭借《宠儿》等一系列作品，莫里森成为首位获得诺贝尔文学奖的黑人女性。莫里森在商界和评论界均取得了巨大成功，她对美国社会中种族、性别和爱情等主题作出的生动和富有诗意的评论赢得了广泛赞誉。《宠儿》的故事背景设在美国内战时期，取材自一位女性为避免2岁女儿被人奴役的命运，亲手将其杀死的真人真事。
法国前总统 雅克·希拉克
Former French president Jacques Chirac died on Sept 26, at the age of 86. The former leader was a centre-right politician who served as head of state from 1995 to 2007. The two-term French president was the first leader to acknowledge France's role in the Holocaust and defiantly opposed the US-led war in Iraq in 2003. French President Emmanuel Macron hailed the former head of state as a "great Frenchman" who had "embodied" France. Chirac was also an important foreign leader with a deep affinity to China. He was passionate about Chinese history and culture. After visiting the Qin Shihuang Terracotta Warriors in Xi'an in 1978, he was greatly stunned and called the place "the eighth world wonder". Chirac left a profound footprint in Sino-French relations. Between the times he assumed and left office as president, he visited China four times, tracking almost half of the country. In the meantime, Sino-French relations kept improving. In 1997, China and France established a comprehensive cooperative partnership, and in 2004, they established a comprehensive strategic partnership.
法国前总统雅克·希拉克9月26日去世，享年86岁。这位中右翼政治家在1995年至2007年间担任法国元首。曾两度出任法国总统的希拉克是首位承认法国在犹太人大屠杀中所扮演角色的领导人，2003年他还公然反对美国发起的伊拉克战争。法国总统马克龙盛赞希拉克是“伟大的法国人”，是法国精神的体现。希拉克也是一位有着深深“中国情缘”的外国政要。他对中国历史和文化情有独钟。1978年他在西安参观秦始皇兵马俑后深受震撼，称之为“世界第八大奇迹”。希拉克在中法关系发展上留下了自己深刻的印迹。在出任至卸任总统期间，希拉克曾4次访华，足迹几乎遍及半个中国。其间，中法关系不断得到提升。1997年，中法两国建立全面合作伙伴关系，2004年建立全面战略伙伴关系。
青年模特兼演员 高以翔
Chinese-Canadian actor and model Godfrey Gao died of sudden cardiac arrest after collapsing while filming a TV reality show "Chase Me" in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, on Nov 27. He was 35. He was treated by medical staff on the spot, and rushed to hospital where he died around three hours later. "We are shocked and saddened" by the incident, his management company JetStar Entertainment said. Born in 1984 in Taiwan, Gao grew up in Canada. He first caught the public eye as a fashion model. In 2011, Gao became the first Asian model to be signed by Louis Vuitton, and starred alongside Lena Headey and Lily Collins in the 2013 film "The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones." He became popular in 2016 when he starred in "Remembering Lichuan", a television adaptation of a romance novel.
11月27日，年仅35岁的加拿大籍华裔演员兼模特高以翔在浙江省宁波市录制电视真人秀节目《追我吧》时突然倒地，心源性猝死。经过现场医护人员救治后，他被紧急送往医院，约三小时后去世。高以翔经纪公司杰星传播表示此事令他们感到震惊且悲痛万分。高以翔1984年生于台湾，后在加拿大长大，最初作为时装模特进入公众视野。2011年，他成为第一个与路易威登签约的亚洲模特，还与琳娜·海蒂及莉莉·柯林斯一起主演2013年影片《圣杯神器：骸骨之城》。2016年他因出演爱情小说改编剧《遇见王沥川》走红。
翻译&编辑：丁一、万月英
