Fact-check: Chen Ning Yang's death in October 2025 is confirmed by major outlets like NYT, BBC, and Global Times. The farewell ceremony where mourners paid tribute occurred on October 24-25, 2025, at Babaoshan Funeral Home in Beijing, as reported by Global Times, SCMP, Xinhua, and CCTV. Recent X activity includes PNAS honoring Yang in late February 2026, with no contradicting evidence.
Mourners from all walks of life pay final tribute to late Nobel laureate Chen Ning Yang
Mourners from various backgrounds gathered to pay their final respects to Chen Ning Yang, the late Nobel Prize-winning physicist. Yang was a towering figure in theoretical physics, best known for his work on parity non-conservation alongside T.D. Lee, for which they shared the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physics. His passing marks the end of an era for the global scientific community.