On May 5, Hong Kong’s “King of Broadcasters” Lee I (formerly known as Lee Evening King) passed away at the age of 99. At the same time, veteran artist Wong Shu-tong set up a funeral in the afternoon of the 5th, the sad news of the two artists intertwined together, making people infinitely saddened.
Lee I was a veteran broadcaster, known as the founding father of the Hong Kong broadcasting industry, he first became famous hosting programs in Guangzhou, and then returned to Hong Kong to develop, the stories he created were named “Sky Novel”, which had a profound impact on the broadcasting industry and was once adapted into 37 movies.
From 1946 to 1975 when he retired, Li I reigned in radio for thirty years, and was loved by audiences in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau, and its has appeared in more than a dozen film and television dramas, and its image is deeply rooted in people’s hearts.
I was married for 70 years with my wife Xiaoxiang interview revealed: “Lee I passed away at one o’clock this afternoon, look peaceful, son, grandson, great-grandson all have accompanied him on his last journey, I was most touched is that when he left, his eyes had tears, I helped him to print the corners of his eyes, there are really tears, I told him not to worry about us, he went very peacefully.”
Xiaoxiang (formerly known as He Lixun) is also a senior broadcaster, known as the “Queen of Broadcasting”, is the second wife of Li I, the two married for seventy years, although Li I was surrounded by suitors of the opposite sex when I was young, but Xiaoxiang silently endured the storm together, known as the best wife.
Lee I have always been in good health, the eighties also acted in “Hong Kong 81” and “Hong Kong 86”, the end of the series retired, in later years, mobility difficulties to wheelchair, to 2017 due to gastrointestinal discomfort, coupled with low potassium in the body and admitted to hospital for treatment.
Three years ago, I was admitted to the hospital, Christina was in bed to take care of her husband, twice a day to the hospital to chat with him, so that the elderly Lee I keep the spirit, often can not let his wife leave, asking the nurse “where is my wife?”
Throughout his life, Li was a legend, born in a medical family (his grandfather was a doctor in the Qing Dynasty), learning from a famous teacher since childhood, his career became successful and famous, and his beloved Xiaoxiang accompanied him throughout his life, the two were like a couple and more like a pair of confidants, and they never left each other until old age, and when he was bedridden, he still had his wife to take care of him, enjoying all the blessings of the world, which is really enviable.
The only drawback is that Lee’s son was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for the kidnapping of a schoolgirl in 1974, which made the old man suffer from criticism.
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