年度逝世七大名人盘点

【Editor】It's getting towards the end of the year and a wide variety of reviews and analysis of 2011 have been released. Time magazine has made up to 54 categories, while not to be outdone, Los Angeles Times also published more than 20 catalogs. Not to mention the other medias. It seems that we have got a phobia, that the time would be just dreamed away without all these reviews and analysis. Top 5? Top 10? Top 100? So what?! Actually, all of them might just make no sense to us. However, here is a list of the top 7 notable deaths of 2011 for you. What we really wish is that everyone, by finishing reading this list, will have a deeper and clearer understanding on life and living. "All the world's a stage," as Shakespeare said, "and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances."

【编辑语】又近岁末，各式各样的年终盘点纷纷出炉，《时代周刊》的盘点多达54类，《洛杉矶时报》也不甘示弱，推出了二十多类的盘点，更勿论其它各色大小媒体。我们似乎都得了“年终盘点症”，仿佛没有了这些年末盘点，这一年就只是虚度。五大？十大？百大？看完热闹之后，这些数字对我们来说到底还有什么意义呢？然而，在这里小编还是为您准备了一份在2011年逝世的七大名人的名单。我们希望的是，在看完这样一份名单之后，我们能够对生命和生活有更清晰的认识。莎翁说过，“世界即舞台，男男女女皆为演员，有登场也必有退场。”

Here comes the top 7 notable deaths of 2011:

以下即为2011年逝世七大名人：

Elizabeth Taylor (1932.02.27 — 2011.03.23)

伊利莎白·泰勒

As one of the world's most famous film stars, Elizabeth Taylor was recognized for her acting ability and for her glamorous lifestyle, beauty and distinctive violet eyes. The legendary star of stage and screen who won two Oscars, married multiple times, became a successful businesswoman and helped to pioneer the fight against AIDS, died of congestive heart failure. She was 79.

伊丽莎白·泰勒，世界上最著名的电影明星之一，因其精湛的演技、璀璨的生活方式、美丽独特的紫色眼眸而闻名于世。这位传奇银幕舞台明星曾两度获得奥斯卡奖，结婚多次，成为一位成功的女商人，致力于防治艾滋病的公益事业，终因充血性心力衰竭而告别人世。享年79岁。

Osama bin Laden (1957.03.10 — 2011.05.01)

奥萨马·本拉登

Osama bin Laden, a scion of one of Saudi Arabia's wealthiest families, became the grim apostle of a strain of Islamic radicalism that exalted violence against nonbelievers and the leader of a terrorist network that launched repeated attacks in the West. He was killed in a firefight with U.S. forces in Abbotabad, about 30 miles northeast of the Pakistani capital, Islamabad.

本拉登，沙特阿拉伯最富有的家庭的后代，伊斯兰激进主义的残酷信徒，宣扬暴力以针对非信徒，恐怖网络的领导者。在巴基斯坦首度伊斯兰堡东北约30公里处的阿伯塔巴德，他死于与美军的交火之中。享年54岁。

Laura Ziskin (1950.03.03 — 2011. 06.12)

劳拉·泽斯金

In 1990, Ziskin was the sole executive producer of the hit comedy Pretty Woman. The film producer blazed a trail for women in Hollywood and then overcame obstacles to get the "Spider-Man" movies made. Also, Ziskin became the first woman to produce the Academy Awards telecast alone, producing the 74th Academy Awards in 2002 and the 79th Academy Awards in 2007. Laura Ziskin died of breast cancer at her home in Santa Monica, California on June 12, 2011. She was 61.

早在1990年，泽斯金就独立制作出了《风月俏佳人》这样票房与口碑俱佳的电影作品。这位电影制片人成为打破男性主宰好莱坞局面的第一代女性，克服重重困难制作出了《蜘蛛侠》系列电影。此外，她还受邀制作了2002年和2007年的奥斯卡颁奖典礼，而这也是奥斯卡有史以来第一次邀请女性制片人担任这个角色。2011年6月12日，劳拉·泽斯金因乳腺癌在位于加州圣莫尼卡的家中去世。享年61岁。

Steve Jobs (1955.02.24 — 2011.10.05)

史蒂夫·乔布斯

Apple's co-founder transformed computers and culture. His legacy of blockbuster products includes the Macintosh, iPod, iPhone and iPad. Meanwhile, Jobs' other firm, Pixar, revolutionized computer animation. He was 56.

苹果的创始人之一，不仅改变了电脑，也改变了文化。他给人们留下的遗产是那些重磅产品——苹果机，iPod，iPhone和iPad。同时，乔布斯的另一个公司，皮克斯，也彻底改变了电脑动画。享年56岁。

Moammar Kadafi (1942.06.17 — 2011.10.20)

穆阿迈尔·卡扎菲

Erratic and mercurial, the Libyan leader fancied himself a political philosopher, practiced an unorthodox, deadly diplomacy and cut an at times cartoonish figure in robes and sunglasses and surrounded by female guards. He was 69.

这位无常而善变的利比亚领导人曾幻想自己是一个政治哲学家，推行一套异端且致命的外交策略，时而给人留下一个身着长袍戴太阳镜被无数女保镖包围着的印象，仿佛是动画片中的人物。享年69岁。

Kim Jong Il (1942.02.16 — 2011.12.17)

金正日

Kim Jong Il, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), the centre of an elaborate personality cult inherited from his father and founder of the DPRK, Kim Il-sung, was announced died on 19 December, 2011. He was 69.

金正日，朝鲜民主主义人民共和国最高领导人，完全的个人崇拜主义者，其秉性继承自他的父亲，朝鲜的创始人，金日成。逝于2011年12月17日，享年69岁。

Vaclav Havel (1936.10.05 — 2011.12.18)

瓦茨拉夫·哈维尔

Vaclav Havel, the Czech Republic's first president after the Velvet Revolution against communist rule, who first came to international fame as a dissident playwright in the 1970s through his involvement with the human rights manifesto Charter 77, has died on 18 December, 2011. He was 75.

哈维尔，捷克历经丝绒革命独立之后的首任总统，因参与“七七宪章”活动宣扬人权而受世人瞩目。逝于2011年12月18日，享年75岁。

文化点津：

the Velvet Revolution 丝绒革命（又译“天鹅绒革命”），捷克斯洛伐克的丝绒革命是指东欧剧变时，没有经过大规模的暴力冲突就实现了政权更迭，如天鹅绒般平和柔滑，故而得名。“天鹅绒革命”也成为非暴力的通过和平方式更迭政权的代名词。