On 2 June 2007, Huang Ju died in Beijing. In unprecedented fashion, the English and Chinese versions of his obituary were relayed simultaneously to the country and the world only a few hours after his death, at around 6:30 am Beijing time. Official Chinese news agency "Xinhua" reported that Huang had died at 2:03 am, of an unnamed illness, at age 69. His death was the top story on the national news program "Xinwen Lianbo", where news anchors in black suits read off a dry and sober 155-word news item. The screen simply displayed "Comrade Huang Ju has passed away."