加州97岁老人Vito生日派对跳完《Stayin' Alive》后离世：讲述视频播放量破千万
美国加利福尼亚州一名97岁老人Vito在自己的生日派对上，随着Bee Gees乐队的名曲《Stayin' Alive》起舞后不久离世。为派对制作蛋糕的洛杉矶烘焙师Eden Malinoff从11月2日起在TikTok账号BakedSoCal发布系列视频讲述这场派对，截至11月4日，相关视频播放量已超过1000万次，Dexerto、The Mary Sue等多家媒体跟进报道。
Malinoff说，Vito是她的一位邻居长辈，想要一场「万圣节生日狂欢派对」。派对前，她问Vito长寿的秘诀是什么，Vito答：「不要喝廉价酒。」她便照此做了一款红酒巧克力蛋糕。视频中，Vito在派对上随着多首歌曲跳舞，其中包括《Stayin' Alive》。
另一位到场的朋友在Instagram上确认了Vito的离世：大家刚为他唱完《生日快乐》，他在自己最喜欢的音乐声中安详离世；这位朋友说，Vito生前有一些健康问题，朋友们并不了解其严重程度。Malinoff说：「如果Vito可以选择一种离开的方式，那就是这样。他被爱他的人们环绕着，我们在庆祝他漫长而充实的一生，我非常感激自己能参与其中。」她还说，朋友们相信Vito已经准备好了。
视频评论区里，不少网友表达了震动与不舍：有人写道「你不能刚把Vito介绍给我们，就在同一个故事里把他带走」；也有人说，自己宁愿以这种方式离开，也不愿在病床上慢慢耗尽。Malinoff回应部分质疑时说，Vito不会希望亲友一直沉浸在悲伤里，这样离开「就是Vito的方式」，这段视频是对他人生的致敬。
California Man Vito, 97, Dies at His Birthday Party After Dancing to 'Stayin' Alive': Videos of His Story Pass 10 Million Views
Vito, a 97-year-old man in California, died shortly after dancing to the Bee Gees classic 'Stayin' Alive' at his own birthday party. Eden Malinoff, a Los Angeles baker who made the cake for the party, began telling the story in a series of videos on her TikTok account, BakedSoCal, on November 2. By November 4 the videos had passed 10 million views, and outlets including Dexerto and The Mary Sue had picked up the story.
Malinoff said Vito, an older neighbor of hers, had wanted a 'Halloween birthday rager.' Before the party she asked him the secret to his long life, and he answered: don't drink cheap. She made him a red wine chocolate cake inspired by the line. In the videos, Vito dances to several songs at the party, including 'Stayin' Alive.'
Another friend who attended confirmed Vito's passing on Instagram: he died peacefully, with his favorite music playing, just after everyone sang 'Happy Birthday' to him, and he had had some medical issues whose severity his friends had not known. 'If there is any way that Vito could have chosen to go out, it would have been like this. He was surrounded by people he loved, we were celebrating his long and full life, and I am just so grateful that I got to be a part of it,' Malinoff said, adding that his friends believe he was ready.
Commenters reacted with shock and affection. 'You can't introduce us to Vito and take him away in the same story,' one top comment read, while another said they would choose this over fading away in a hospital bed. Responding to some criticism of how she shared the news, Malinoff said Vito would not have wanted his loved ones to stay sad, that going out this way was 'such a Vito way to go out,' and that the video was a tribute to his life.
来源：Eden Malinoff的TikTok账号BakedSoCal
发布：GSM·美国（发布链接）
图片来源：生日蛋糕资料图（James Petts摄，CC BY-SA 2.0，经Wikimedia Commons；非派对现场图）
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