Yi Dong Zeng was born in Shanghai, China on April 14, 1963. He graduated in computer science at York University in Toronto, Canada. He was an IT engineer and businessman. Yidong passed away peacefully in his sleep on January 16, 2020 at the age of fifty-six in Syracuse, New York. He is survived by his mother Deyi Gu, his younger brother, Yimin Zeng, his wife, Haiyan Yu and his 13-year-old son, Daniel
Zeng.