1990年1月24日清晨5时12分,王志之同志因肺癌扩散至脑部,卧病月余,以发现较晚疗治无效,终于在长春东北师大医院病房逝世。与前数年也是因癌症而去世的他的妻子黄远征(苑珍)的生日只相差一天。我是当天7时许接到系内的电话得知这个噩耗的。闻说次晨8时半举行“遗体告别”。天奇冷,——天气预报是摄氏-29。至-19°,早晨的温度总不会比负19度高出 On January 24, 1990, at 5:12 in the morning, Comrade Wang Zhizhi died of lung cancer spread to the brain and left sick for more than a month to find out that his later treatment was invalid. He finally passed away in the ward of Northeast China Normal University Hospital in Changchun. The birthday of his wife, Huang Yuanzheng (Yuan Zhen), who died a few years ago from cancer, was only a day’s difference. I was 7 o’clock that day received the phone within the department that this bad news. The news said that at 8:30 the next morning, “the body said goodbye.” Amazing, - the forecast is -29 Celsius. To -19 °, the temperature in the morning will not be higher than the negative 19 degrees