Ng Man Tat Passes Away At 70, Days After He Was Confirmed To Have Liver Cancer
The actor was reported to have had surgery recently and was also undergoing chemotherapy.
The actor was reported to have had surgery recently and was also undergoing chemotherapy.
Hongkong actor Ng Man Tat has died at 70. The news was confirmed by his close friend Tin Kai Man, who revealed that Man Tat passed away peacefully in his sleep at 5.16pm today (Feb 27) at the Union Hospital in Hongkong.
Kai Man told the media, “Doctors prescribed medicine to make him feel better and he passed away peacefully (…) with his wife, children and siblings by his side.”
The actor was reported to have had surgery recently after being diagnosed with liver cancer, and was also undergoing chemotherapy.
Kai Man previously shared with the media that Man Tat was “weak” from chemotherapy and that he could only communicate with others using hand gestures.
Man Tat’s health has been deteriorating in recent years.
In 2014, he was warded in the intensive care unit due to heart failure from a viral infection.
Just last month, he is believed to have suffered a heart attack after a video of him clutching his chest in pain while on the set of a shoot went viral.
Man Tat made his showbiz debut at the age of 22 in 1973 and is remembered for being Stephen Chow's comedic partner in films and dramas such as Fight Back To School and God Of Cookery.
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