2014年8月初,美国友人给我打来电话,告诉我安思远先生在纽约去世了。他是在去餐厅吃午饭时摔了一跤,再没有醒过来,所幸的是离世前没有遭受任何痛苦,享年85岁。听到安先生辞世的消息我感到十分意外和遗憾,几个月前就听说安先生身体欠佳,本想秋天去美国时一定要去看望他,没想到他老人家已驾鹤西行了。我认识安思远先生已经十八年了,当时我还在国家文物局工作,时任全国政协常委、中国书 In early August 2014, American friends called me and told me that Mr. Anshiyuan had died in New York City. He fell off at lunchtime in the restaurant and did not wake up. Fortunately, he had not suffered any pain before he died, at the age of 85. When I heard about the death of Mr An, I was very surprised and regretted. A few months ago I heard that Mr. An was in poor health. He wanted to visit him when he wanted to go to the United States in autumn. He did not expect that the elderly man had crossed the west. I know Mr. An Siyuan has been eighteen years, when I was still working for the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, when the CPPCC Standing Committee, Chinese book