Buzzing: Hong Kong comedy actress dies

Lo Fun as a pimp in Hail The Judge.
Lo Fun as a pimp in Hail The Judge. PHOTO: APPLE DAILY

Hong Kong comedy actress dies

Comedienne Lo Fun, who played fierce women in Hong Kong movies including Stephen Chow's Tricky Brains (1991) and Hail The Judge (1994), died on Monday. She was 63. The cause of death was lung failure triggered by an uncommon autoimmune disease, dermatomyositis, said Sing Tao Daily.


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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on February 08, 2017, with the headline Buzzing: Hong Kong comedy actress dies. Subscribe