Hong Kong actress Kathy Chow Hoi Mei has died at the age of 57.
Chow, who was identified for her roles in broadcaster TVB’s tv dramas within the Eighties and Nineteen Nineties, died on Dec 11 following the “unsuccessful treatment” of her sickness, in keeping with her studio.
The studio shared information of her demise on Chinese social media platform Weibo on Dec 12.
“May there be no disease in heaven, and may we know each other again in the next life!” it stated.
An analogous assertion was posted on her Douyin account at about 10pm on Dec 12.
Known for her pixie face and girl-next-door enchantment, Chow made her appearing debut in 1985.
She rose to fame for her function as Zhou Zhiruo within the 1994 TVB drama The Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre, an adaptation of a martial arts novel penned by novelist Louis Cha, who died in 2018.
Chow had simply turned 57 on Dec 6, when she stated on Douyin, China’s model of TikTok, that she was grateful for her supporters’ love and companionship over time, and wished them well being, security and happiness.
Before she died, the final replace on her Douyin account was on Dec 8. She posted a sequence of pictures from her previous roles and requested: “Which drama do you know me from?”
(*57*) Dec 11, information of Chow’s demise had unfold on Weibo, with rumours of her having suffered from varied ailments or circumstances.
According to Hong Kong leisure web site Dim Sum Daily, Chinese screenwriter Tan Fei had initially dispelled the rumours, stating that Chow was alive and urged folks to not unfold false info.
A former TVB political reporter additionally reportedly stated that Chow was nonetheless in hospital present process therapy. – The Straits Times/Asia News Network
