盤點:年度逝世七大名人

【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."

【編輯語】又近歲末，各式各樣的年終盤點紛紛出爐，《時代週刊》的盤點多達54類，《洛杉磯時報》也不甘示弱，推出了二十多類的盤點，更勿論其它各色大小媒體。我們似乎都得了“年終盤點症”，彷彿沒有了這些年末盤點，這一年就只是虛度。五大？十大？百大？看完熱鬧之後，這些數字對我們來說到底還有什麼意義呢？然而，在這裏小編還是爲您準備了一份在2011年逝世的七大名人的名單。我們希望的是，在看完這樣一份名單之後，我們能夠對生命和生活有更清晰的認識。莎翁說過，“世界即舞臺，男男女女皆爲演員，有登場也必有退場。”

Here comes the top 7 notable deaths of 2011:

以下即爲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.

伊麗莎白·泰勒，世界上最著名的電影明星之一，因其精湛的演技、璀璨的生活方式、美麗獨特的紫色眼眸而聞名於世。這位傳奇銀幕舞臺明星曾兩度獲得奧斯卡獎，結婚多次，成爲一位成功的女商人，致力於防治艾滋病的公益事業，終因充血性心力衰竭而告別人世。享年79歲。

Osama bin Laden (1957.03.10 — 2011.05.01)

奧薩馬·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後代，伊斯蘭激進主義的殘酷信徒，宣揚暴力以針對非信徒，恐怖網絡的領導者。在巴基斯坦首度伊斯蘭堡東北約30公里處的阿伯塔巴德，他死於與美軍的交火之中。享年54歲。

Laura Ziskin (1950.03.03 — 2011. 06.12)

勞拉·澤斯金

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，澤斯金就獨立製作出了《風月俏佳人》這樣票房與口碑俱佳的電影作品。這位電影製片人成爲打破男性主宰好萊塢局面的第一代女性，克服重重困難製作出了《蜘蛛俠》系列電影。此外，她還受邀製作了2002年和2007年的奧斯卡頒獎典禮，而這也是奧斯卡有史以來第一次邀請女性製片人擔任這個角色。2011年6月12日，勞拉·澤斯金因乳腺癌在位於加州聖莫尼卡的家中去世。享年61歲。

Steve Jobs (1955.02.24 — 2011.10.05)

史蒂夫·喬布斯

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.

蘋果的創始人之一，不僅改變了電腦，也改變了文化。他給人們留下的遺產是那些重磅產品——蘋果機，iPod，iPhone和iPad。同時，喬布斯的另一個公司，皮克斯，也徹底改變了電腦動畫。享年56歲。

Moammar Kadafi (1942.06.17 — 2011.10.20)

穆阿邁爾·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.

這位無常而善變的利比亞領導人曾幻想自己是一個政治哲學家，推行一套異端且致命的外交策略，時而給人留下一個身着長袍戴太陽鏡被無數女保鏢包圍着的印象，彷彿是動畫片中的人物。享年69歲。

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，朝鮮民主主義人民共和國最高領導人，完全的個人崇拜主義者，其秉性繼承自他的父親，朝鮮的創始人，金日成。逝於2011年12月17日，享年69歲。

Vaclav Havel (1936.10.05 — 2011.12.18)

瓦茨拉夫·哈維爾

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.

哈維爾，捷克歷經絲絨革命獨立之後的首任總統，因參與“七七憲章”活動宣揚人權而受世人矚目。逝於2011年12月18日，享年75歲。

文化點津：

the Velvet Revolution 絲絨革命（又譯“天鵝絨革命”），捷克斯洛伐克的絲絨革命是指東歐劇變時，沒有經過大規模的暴力衝突就實現了政權更迭，如天鵝絨般平和柔滑，故而得名。“天鵝絨革命”也成爲非暴力的通過和平方式更迭政權的代名詞。