Grieving! One week before the Fireball Festival, Yang Dazheng reveals that his father passed away from lymphoma cancer and will hold a farewell ceremony today
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- Yang Yaowen, the father of Yang Dazheng, the lead singer of the Fire Extinguisher Band, passed away due to recurrence of lymphoma.
- Yang Dazheng revealed his father's condition at the Taipei Arena concert in July this year.
- He originally expected to share the performance with his father at the Kaohsiung Arena at the end of the year, but now he regrets that he cannot realize his dream.
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Yang Dazheng's father was diagnosed with stage four lymphoma in 2018. Although he successfully fought the cancer, he later faced bacterial infection in the brain and cancer recurrence, and ultimately lost to the disease.
The "Fireball Festival" led by Fire Extinguisher will debut next week, but lead singer Yang Dazheng has lost his father. Fire Extinguisher used the "Long Distance Night Train" MV to bid farewell to Yang Dazheng's father, Yang Yaowen, in the community today. The article wrote: "Today is Dad Yang's graduation ceremony. Let's send Dad Yang off to the end of his life."
In July this year, Fire Extinguisher performed at the Taipei Arena for the first time. At that time, Yang Dazheng shed tears on the stage and revealed that his father was hospitalized due to recurrence of lymphoma and could not go north to witness this joy. He originally hoped that when Fire Extinguisher sang at the Kaohsiung Arena at the end of the year, his father would be there to enjoy the performance, but now he can no longer realize his dream.
Yang Dazheng revealed in 2021 that his father found himself unwell in 2018, and went to the doctor for examination and was diagnosed with stage four lymphoma. He originally fought against cancer successfully, but his health relapsed last year and his brain was infected with bacteria. He was hospitalized for 3 months before recovering. Unexpectedly, he then faced a second recurrence of lymphoma, and eventually died of the disease.
Yang Dazheng's Huoqi Music stated, "Thank you to all friends from the media for your concern and condolences. Dazheng's father passed away from cancer last week. A farewell ceremony was held today. Since Dazheng is still in mourning, I cannot reply to everyone's messages one by one. Please forgive me."
