Veteran Hong Kong martial arts actor Norman Chui died in Beijing on Sept 1. According to Hong Kong media, the 73-year-old suffered from oesophageal cancer and his wife, who was 30 years younger, died a few days after. His long-time friend, Hong Kong actor Tin Kai Man, told As1 that she felt unwell while preparing his funeral and likely had...
Hong Kong veteran actor Norman Chui died at age 73.Veteran Hong Kong martial arts actor Norman Chui died in Beijing on Sept 1.
According to Hong Kong media, the 73-year-old suffered from oesophageal cancer and his wife, who was 30 years younger, died a few days after. His long-time friend, Hong Kong actor Tin Kai Man, told As1 that she felt unwell while preparing his funeral and likely had a heart attack. "He didn't know he had cancer. Some older folks don't like to do health checks so he died quite soon. I met him at Hengdian a long time ago and a common friend met him in January this year. He was well then and he said he was living in Beijing," Kai Man told the online publication.
He added that Norman was a "hard-working" and "dedicated" actor, revealing that he wouldn't bring scripts to film sets because he would do his homework beforehand and memorise the script well.He was married twice and had one son before dating Hong Kong actress Shirley Yim, with whom he had son Edward and daughter Erica.
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