Remembering kung fu star Fu Sing who died in a Hong Kong car crash 36 years ago today
- Nearly 3,000 fans flocked to funeral parlour to pay respects
- Brother found guilty of dangerous driving after crash killed famous sibling but magistrate gave full discharge, saying losing family member is punishment enough
“Kungfu actor Fu Sing dies after car crash,” ran a headline in the South China Morning Post on July 8, 1983.
“Fu Sing (29), who died early yesterday morning several hours after being injured in a car accident, was yesterday mourned by his friends and former colleagues,” the article continued. “Doctors fought for five hours to save his life, but he died at 3.43 am.”
The actor, whose real name was Cheung Foo-sing, worked for Shaw Brothers, Hong Kong’s largest film production company. He debuted as an extra in the 1972 film The Fourteen Amazons, later starring in Police Force in 1973.
He was married to well-known Hong Kong singer Jennie Yan Lei, but the Post report noted they were separated at the time of his death. Yan was in Taiwan at the time of the accident but returned to Hong Kong that night.
“An amah who worked in the Cheung home for more than 20 years said Fu Sing was a ‘good boy, but very naughty’,” the Post reported.
