据明报消息，明报创办人、一代武侠小说泰斗金庸去世，享年94岁。
金庸，原名查良镛，生于浙江省海宁市，1948年移居香港。当代知名武侠小说作家、新闻学家、企业家、政治评论家、社会活动家，而他本人曾被誉为“香港四大才子”之一，后来又与古龙、梁羽生合称为“中国武侠小说三剑客”。
自1955年的《书剑恩仇录》开始至1972年的《鹿鼎记》正式封笔，金庸一生共创作了十几部长、中、短篇小说。历年来，其笔下的著作屡次改编为电视剧、电影等，对华人影视文化可谓贡献重大，素有“有华人的地方，就有金庸的武侠”的称赞。
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Louis Cha, the newsman and master storyteller whose unputdownable wuxia novels made him the most popular living Chinese author in his lifetime, has died in Hong Kong at the age of 94.
He died in Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital on Tuesday afternoon (Oct 30), said Ming Pao Daily News. No cause of death was given. In April, The New Yorker magazine said he had "been frail since suffering a stroke in 1997". During an interview with the magazine in 2014, "he is unable to walk or write, and speaks with difficulty, relying on a retinue", The New Yorker added.
Cha was known to millions by his pen name Jin Yong.
Starting with The Book And The Sword in 1955 and continuing until the final instalment of The Deer And The Cauldron in 1972, Cha was a phenomenon, fusing martial arts fantasy, history, heartfelt romance and urgent prose into must-read newspaper serials.
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newsman /ˈnjuːzmæn, ˈnuːzmæn/: n. 新闻人
master /ˈmɑːstə, ˈmæstər/: adj. 大师级的
unputdownable /ˌʌnpʊtˈdaʊnəbəl/: adj. 令人不忍释卷的；引人入胜的
sanatorium /ˌsænəˈtɔːriəm/: n. 疗养院
frail /freɪl/: adj. 虚弱的
stroke /strəʊk/: n. 中风
retinue /ˈretɪnjuː, ˈretɪnuː/: n. 随员
instalment /ɪnˈstɔːlmənt, ɪnˈstɒːlmənt/: n. (小说分期连载的) 一节；(分期付款的) 一期
cauldron /ˈkɔːldrən, ˈkɒːldrən/: n. 锅；鼎
phenomenon /fɪˈnɒmənən, fɪˈnɑːmənɑːn/: n. 现象级人物
fuse /fjuːz/: vt. 融合
martial arts: 武术
fantasy /ˈfæntəsi/: n. 奇幻小说
heartfelt /ˈhɑːtfelt, ˈhɑːrtfelt/: adj. 真诚的；直指人心的
urgent prose: 急文
must-read /ˌmʌstˈriːd/: adj. 必读的
newspaper serials: 报纸连载
