Obituary

Obituary

Ex-EDB chairman and pioneer economic stalwart Chan Chin Bock dies at 93

Former EDB chairman Chan Chin Bock in 2015. Despite being a wheelchair user after a stroke in 1997, he returned regularly to the office to train young officers.

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Hong Kong’s first chief executive Tung Chee Hwa dies, aged 89

Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong’s former chief executive, posing for a photograph ahead of a Bloomberg Television interview in Hong Kong, China, in 2017.

American jazz singer Cassandra Wilson dies at 70

Jazz singer Cassandra Wilson was celebrated for her rich, expressive contralto voice in a career spanning three decades.

Veteran HK actor Lau Siu Ming dies at 94

Lau Siu Ming’s turn as the androgynous tree demon Lao Lao in the horror-fantasy film, A Chinese Ghost Story (1987), became one of his most famous roles.

Carla Jeffery, actress in Disney’s Zombies films, dies at 33

South Korean actor Lee Yong-joo of Princess Hours and Blue Tower fame dies at 44

South Korean actor Lee Yong-joo was known for his roles in the hit drama Princess Hours and the tvN sitcom Blue Tower.

Peter Cullen, voice actor who gave Transformers’ Optimus Prime a soul, dies at 85

Peter Cullen was best known for bringing to life Optimus Prime in the Transformers franchise and the gloomy donkey Eeyore in Winnie the Pooh cartoons.

Rocky Horror star Tim Curry coloured the bad guys he played with a variety of hues

Tim Curry’s death on Aug 25 was confirmed by Marcia Hurwitz, his longtime manager.

Japan’s ‘polka dot queen’, avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama, dies at 97

Yayoi Kusama died of multiple organ failure at a Tokyo hospital on Aug 14.

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